Silene alpestris 'Flore Pleno'
Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly
Silene can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous or evergreen perennials. The leaves are untoothed, and the flowers can be solitary or clustered, and have 5 petals, often notched. Silene vulgaris is semi-evergreen, and bears sprays of white flowers in Summer. The flowers have a bladdery, inflated calyx. 'Flore Pleno' bears double white, pink-flushed flowers
Contributed by @joannie.a
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly
Latin name
Silene alpestris 'Flore Pleno'
type
Perennial
family
Caryophyllaceae
ph
6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.60 M
Silene alpestris 'Flore Pleno'
Silene can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous or evergreen perennials. The leaves are untoothed, and the flowers can be solitary or clustered, and have 5 petals, often notched. Silene vulgaris is semi-evergreen, and bears sprays of white flowers in Summer. The flowers have a bladdery, inflated calyx. 'Flore Pleno' bears double white, pink-flushed flowers
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Early Autumn
Silene flower in Summer, with some varieties flowering on into early Autumn
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Sow seeds in seed compost under glass iin early Spring
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant seedlings out into a sunny, or dappled shade, site, in reasonably fertile free-draining soil