General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 10-16 inch
Plant Spread: 10 inch
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Arkwright's Campion
Also sold as:
  • Silene x arkwrightii
  • Lychnis x arkwrightii

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Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-19
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-23
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-20
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-12
Location: St Louis
Date: 2009-06-06
Location: St Louis
Date: 2009-05-31
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On May 25, 2020 Transplanted
1 on 5-25-2020 with Artemesia frigida in back yard
MrsBinWY On July 27, 2019 Potted up
17 on 7-27-2019
MrsBinWY On March 13, 2019 Seeds germinated
8
MrsBinWY On March 7, 2019 Seeds sown
25 seeds from 2018G in milk jug, try room temp
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Lychnis x arkwrightii by Wally2007 Jun 12, 2019 2:51 PM 0

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