General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 16-24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 70F
Days to germinate: 15-25
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Sow in situ
Other info: Direct sow in Spring or Fall.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of Garden Catchfly (Silene rubella subsp. rubella).

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Common names
  • Garden Catchfly
  • Sweet-William Catchfly
  • None-So-Pretty
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene rubella subsp. rubella
  • Synonym: Silene armeria

Photo Gallery
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2019-05-24
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Lucketts, VA
Date: 2015-06-09
Silene armeria self seeds prolifically
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-05-17
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2018-02-19
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2018-07-29
photo credit: Robert Duval
Photo by Meredith79
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: 2003
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-06
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-07-05

With hummingbird moth
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-09-14
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-06-24
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: 6-7-2003
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: 2003
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-08-06

Date: 2011-06-28
Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Garden - Zone 5
Date: Mid-May
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-07-05
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2012
from the 2012 growing season
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-06-14
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-05-17

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Photo by robertduval14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-01-19
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Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 3, 2013 8:27 PM concerning plant:
    Pretty flowers, will re-bloom with deadheading. Will gladly self seed if season's last flowers are left on the plant.
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