General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies

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Common names
  • Catchfly
  • Campion
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene
  • Synonym: Lychnis
  • Synonym: Melandrium

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Location: My garden zone 5
Date: 2019-06-11
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: Pipestone National Monument
Date: 2013-07-04
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-24
Location: central Illinois (along the Mississippi R)
Date: 2015-09-07
Location: central Illinois (along the Mississippi R)
Date: 2015-09-07
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Plant Events from our members
chelle On January 30, 2015 Seeds sown
Collected from Short and Sweet.

Warm 3wks, then move outdoors.
chelle From January 30, 2015 to January 31, 2015 Seeds germinated
Wow! Overnight!
piksihk On March 4, 2018 Bloomed
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