Silene dioica
red campion
- in stock
- approx 100 seeds
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£2.49
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- Position: partial shade
- Soil: moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A dainty native wildflower with rose-pink flowers on upright stems in May and June. Red campion is perfect for naturalising in partially shady areas of a moist wildflower meadow or woodland edge. Commonly found growing in woods and hedgerows, in former times the pounded seed of the plant was used to treat snake bite. - Garden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. Dead-head regularly to prolong flowering. In autumn cut the faded flower-heads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.
- Sow: March - October
- Flowering: April - July
- Approximate quantity: 100 seeds.
