Silene Species, Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly

Fire Pink produces spectacular red flowers. It prefers partial sun, slightly mesic to dry conditions, and a rather poor soil containing t...Read Moreoo much sand, clay, or rocky material. Fire Pink can be short-lived as a perennial, but it occasionally reseeds itself.

Silene regia (Royal Catchfly), has a somewhat similar appearance with striking red flowers, but it has 8 or more pairs of leaves along its stems and the tips of its petals are not notched.

Native to my property here in Central Alabama, on a mountain at elev 1400. This flower grows in rocky, acid, thin soils in the woods and ...Read Morein semi shade. It transplants easily. It likes the same conditions as Ebony Spleenwort.

Native to my property here in SE Missouri. This flower grows in rocky, acid, thin soils in the woods. It transplants easily, and also com...Read Morees up from seed casually thrown around when I cut the plants back after blooming. Likes the same conditions as Ebony Spleenwort (fern) so I grow them together. They are more compact and have deeper color during warmer springs. This year we had a long cool spring and they were lanky and more pink instead of shocking true red.

I transplanted this plant from Jasper Georgia where I found it growing on top of a mountain at 3000' elv. It seems to like where I have i...Read Moret in Marietta where it has grown to a nice sized clump and returns each year with more blooms. This plant like most wild flowers requires little or no special care and average water needs.