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Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

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

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plant Features
  • Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly

Latin name

Silene alpestris 'Flore Pleno'

type

Perennial

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Double-flowered Alpine Catchfly is 0.40meters x 0.60meters 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

 
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