 |
Silene alpestris |
 |
| Common name |
alpine campion |
| Family |
caryophyllaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-8) |
| Flowers |
white (late spring) |
| Size |
4" |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature; light may be helpful
detailed seed-starting info below
|
Dainty white flowers with five scalloped petals, over low-growing narrow-leaf foliage.
|
This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Silene alpestris
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Caroline Jacobson | Jan 09, 2005 | Was looking up Silene alpestris on Google and got on your site. I will use it often, it has the information I'm usually looking for, cultural info, seed starting and where its growing. The picture is fine. Terrific |
- Seed from '02 trade. Baggy 70F (7%G, 8d). Exposure to light did not result in further germination
- Same seed as above. Pot 70, surface-sown (10%G, 9d). More germinated after pot was moved outdoors in mid-spring
I welcome comments about my web pages; feel free to use the form below to
leave feedback about this particular page. For the benefit of other visitors
to these pages, I will list any relevant comments you leave, and if
appropriate, I will update my page to correct mis-information. Faced with an
ever-increasing onslaught of spam, I'm forced to discard any comments including
html markups. Please submit your comment as plain text. If you have a
comment about the website as a whole, please leave it in my
guestbook. If you
have a question that needs a personal response, please
e-mail me.
|
