Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lychnis coronaria
Family: (Caryophyllaceae)
(P) to 3′. Rose Campion. Asia, Europe. A cottage garden classic. Tall grey stems with vivid, five-petalled, rose-magenta blooms are borne over clumps of ovate, densely woolly, silver-grey, flannelly leaves. Blooms June and July. Sun/partial shade. Prefers moist soil but will tolerate poor soils with some dryness. 4 & T2