Silene Schafta
Autumn Catchfly
Autumn catchfly is a semi-evergreen, mat-forming plant for a rock garden, flowering at a time when most other alpines are long finished. Silene schafta has deep pink flowers with reddish-purple calyces, from mid-summer to mid autumn.
Contributed by @Rab
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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
Autumn Catchfly
Latin name
Silene Schafta
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
0.30 M
0.25 M
Silene Schafta
Autumn catchfly is a semi-evergreen, mat-forming plant for a rock garden, flowering at a time when most other alpines are long finished. Silene schafta has deep pink flowers with reddish-purple calyces, from mid-summer to mid autumn.
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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