General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18-36 inches (45-90 cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 15-20C
Depth to plant seed: Cover seed to thickness.
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Can be sown anytime.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Offsets
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • English Maiden
  • Catchfly
  • Red Campion
  • Red Catchfly
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene dioica
  • Synonym: Melandrium rubrum
  • Synonym: Melandrium dioicum

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Location: Steenenkamer
Date: 2021-08-01
Location: Roscoff, Brittany, France
Date: 2023-08-29
Location: Bamburgh, Northumberland UK
Date: 2015-05-23
Moor field planted as a conservation crop
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
In a wildflower border
Location: Bayerische Alpen
Date: 2018-07-29
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: South Icelalnd
Date: 2008-06-14
In the evening sun
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-04-28
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Bayerische Alpen
Date: 2018-07-29
Location: home, Zone 7A NC
Date: 2011-12-08
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: my garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2008-05-26
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-22
Location: My North Yorkshire Garden
Date: 2020-06-22

Date: 2012-05-26
Photo courtesy of: Colin-47

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Iceland
Date: 2019-07-19

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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