General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 20-28 inches
Plant Spread: 12-16 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Ragged Robin
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene flos-cuculi
  • Synonym: Lychnis flos-cuculi

Photo Gallery
Location: Castlegar BC Canada
Date: May 2019
Year three zone 5b
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-05-25
Location: Germany
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-21
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Germany
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-04-31
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07

Date: 2017-06-09
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-21
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: IL
Date: 2009-08-01
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-05-12
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-09-02
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-05-19
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-21
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-02-27
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016 spring
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-04-08
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-09-21
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-09-21
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-07
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-05-19
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-15
Young (2nd-year) plant, not yet in its prime
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-03-07
A closer look at the calyx tubes having ten purple veins and five
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-05-14
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-05-22
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-05-12
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-09-11
Comments:
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on May 22, 2012 4:26 PM concerning plant:
    Can self sow to the point of being weedy, but easy to pull out when young.
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on May 31, 2016 12:20 PM concerning plant:
    My first year blooms with this plant as a wintersown seedling last year.
    Very impressed with the mass of pink lacy looking flowers lasting a full 6 weeks.
    Very prolific seed producer
    Looks to need deadheading to reduce the number of seeds.
    given no special care water / fertilizer etc... here.
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