Showing posts with label silene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silene. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Silene regia

Silene regia
An amazing tall upright N.American species with big, intense red flowers over a long period. 
Silene regia
Hardy and long-lived
sold out for now

Monday, 9 August 2010

Silene zawadskii

Silene zawadskii

If you have ever admired the fresh white blooms of the white campion but wished it wasn't quite so weedy this might be the answer. This 'alpine' version is very neat and adaptable.
3in square pots ~ £5




Silene zawadskii

Sunday, 6 June 2010

Silene asterias


Silene asterias, originally uploaded by peganum.
A lovely little Bulgarian species unlike any of the other Silene in cultivation that I'm aware of. This has tiny flowers massed into thrift-like heads well above the rosettes of fresh green leaves.
The combination of vivid pink (what colour is that? carmine?) flowers in dark wine red bracts and the violet anthers is extremely striking. The foliage is good too.
In cultivation it is an easy and adaptable species suitable for any moisture retentive soil but is particularly useful for wet sites where something smaller is required.
1L pots ~ £7