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Sea Campion Rosea in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Silene Uniflora 'Rosea'

 

Sea Campion 'Rosea'

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. Sea Campion 'Rosea' is a low-growing, mat forming plant with olive-green leaves and delicate lilac-pink veined flowers.

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plant Features
  • Sea Campion Rosea likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sea Campion Rosea likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Sea Campion Rosea is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Sea Campion Rosea likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sea Campion 'Rosea'

Latin name

Silene Uniflora 'Rosea'

type

Perennial

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sea Campion Rosea likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sea Campion Rosea is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Sea Campion Rosea likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Sea Campion Rosea likes occasional watering

    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

The size of a fully grown Sea Campion Rosea is 0.20meters x 0.10meters 0.20 M 0.10 M

Silene Uniflora 'Rosea'

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. Sea Campion 'Rosea' is a low-growing, mat forming plant with olive-green leaves and delicate lilac-pink veined 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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