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Bladder Campion in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Silene Vulgarus

 

Bladder Campion

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.

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plant Features
  • Bladder Campion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Bladder Campion likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Bladder Campion likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Bladder Campion

Latin name

Silene Vulgarus

type

Perennial

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Bladder Campion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Bladder Campion likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Bladder Campion 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 Bladder Campion is 0.40meters x 0.60meters 0.40 M 0.60 M

Silene Vulgarus

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.


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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