General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 16-24 inches (40-60 cm)
Plant Spread: 12-16 inches (30-40 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Red Valerian
Also sold as:
  • Centranthus ruber var. coccineus

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2016-06-04
w/Hyles lineata #Pollination
Location: Rarangi Beach Blenheim New Zealand
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: May 25, 2021
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-10-09
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-22
Location: South side of house
Date: 2011-06-09
Very long blooming, good cut flower, likes it hot and dry
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-10-09
On a bluff, overhanging the rocky beach below...
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: May 31, 2021
Location: West border
Date: 2016-08-11

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-10-09
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-10-09
On a bluff, overhanging the rocky beach below
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-10-09
On a bluff, overhanging the rocky beach below

Date: May 14, 2011 12:18 AM

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-14
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-22
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Thank you! by chelle Jun 18, 2014 12:32 PM 2
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