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Lychnis coronaria |
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| Synonym(s) |
Silene coronaria |
| Common name |
rose campion |
| Family |
caryophyllaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
magenta (summer) |
| Size |
3' |
| Light |
full to partial sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought tolerant once established |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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From each little velvety silver-gray rosette of this stunning spring blooming perennial sprouts a long stemmed stalk with in-your-face magenta flowers. A tough ornamental cottage garden plant that likes to spread itself around. Before it blooms, it is often mistaken for lamb's ear, but it has somewhat less succulent, pointier leaves that are more felty than woolly. A couple years ago, I traded for seed of 'Angel Blush', which is supposed to be a two-tone white/pink - but it didn't come true.
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| | 'Angel Blush' attempt: subtly different coloration from the species, but not like its parent |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Some helpful links to other websites
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Joy | Oct 24, 2006 | Hi,
I stumbled on your site from a Google search for jewels of opar. I've been enjoying it for the last hour or so.
Also, I thought I'd comment on the Lychnis 'Angel blush' problem you had.
I've had angel blush as well as the magenta one in my garden for years.
I originally grew them from seed I got from a trade. So Angel blush does come true from seed, in fact it self sows in my garden and those come true as well.
I think you may have been given the wrong seed and would encourage you to try it again with seed from a different source this time.
Love your site.
Joy
Thanks for the information, Joy. I'll give them another try sometime. |
| Linnea | Apr 28, 2008 | I planted one near existing Centaurea Montana last fall. Now I can't tell which is which as they are both kind of felty and grey-ish. Tag disappeared over the winter. Any idea how I can tell them apart? I will be digging out most of the Centaurea.
The lychnis is silvery in color, the centaurea more of dull greyish green. At least in my garden. |
- Seed from '00 garden for both the magenta and white varieties. Good germination for both at 70F, 4-9d
- Seed for 'Hutchinson's Cream' from '01 trade. Pot outside mid-March, good germination by mid-April
- Seed for 'Angel Blush' from '04 trade. Baggy 70F (77%G, 7-13d)
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