I love the color of the flowers of this plant, a clear true "candy" pink, hard to describe but really lovely. It grew taller than I exp...Read Moreected, 2 1/2 feet in bloom, which lasted about a month.
The reason I post neutral is that it self-sows, as do many silenes, to the point of invasiveness. I did my best to dead-head plants (not easy on silenes), and yet I have seedlings everywhere the first spring after flowering.
Has ovate to lance shaped, light to deep green, usually downy (but sometimes hairless) leaves. Be...Read Morears small, pink flowers, each petal has a conspicuous notch in the middle. They are dioecious (individual plants being either entirely male or entirely female) and to produce viable seed you will need to grow more than one.
Flowers anywhere and repeatedly between March and November depending on the regional climate.
Love moist but well drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil in light shade but will tolerate some sun where the soil doesn't dry out completely.
I love the color of the flowers of this plant, a clear true "candy" pink, hard to describe but really lovely. It grew taller than I exp...Read More
A perennial from Europe.
Has ovate to lance shaped, light to deep green, usually downy (but sometimes hairless) leaves. Be...Read More