Glandular and hairy perennial with loosely branched, medium green, lance-shaped leaves, up to 5″ long. Summer-borne, Dianthus-like flowers are scarlet, to 1″ wide, held in loose clusters. Grows to 16″ tall and spreads 24″. This delicate plant is easy to […]
Silene hookeri ( Hookers Campion )
This is a short, spreading, deciduous perennial with tufts of medium green, lance-shaped leaves, up to 3″ long, which are covered with grayish hairs. Late summer borne, Dianthus-like flowers are solitary, clear pink with white, lobed petals, to 2 1/2″ […]
Silene dioica ( Rosea Plena Campion )
Upright, semi-evergreen perennial with clumps of deep green, obovate leaves, to 3 1/2″ long. Dusky pink, Dianthus-like, double flowers, to 1 1/2″ wide, are held in loosely branched, panicle-like, rounded cymes, borne in late spring to midsummer. Grows to 32″ […]
Silene coeli rosa ( Rose of heaven )
S. coeli-rosa is a slender, upright annual. In summer, bears loose clusters, to 1 inch across, of deep magenta-pink flowers, with deeply nothched petals. Has narrow to lance-shaped gray green leaves. Propagated by seed in fall or spring.
Silene californica ( California Indian Pink )
Loosely branched perennial with sticky stalks and medium green, lance-shaped leaves. Spring-borne, fire-red, Dianthus-like flowers, to 1 1/4″ across. Grows to 16″ tall and spreads 6″. This delicate plant is easy to grow and is at home in the woodland […]
Silene armeria ( Electra Sweet William Catchfly )
Upright annual with sticky stalks and grayish-green, spoon-shaped basal leaves and lance-shaped stem leaves, up to 1 1/2″ long. Dark carmine-pink flowers, to 1/2″ across, are held in dense, wide, round panicles, and borne in late summer. ‘Electra’ is an […]
Silene acaulis ( Moss Campion )
Moss-like, dwarf, evergreen perennial with tufts of small, linear, bright green leaves, up to 1/2″ long. Solitary, nearly stalkless flowers are dark pink or white, to 1/2″ wide, borne in late summer. Grows to 2″ tall and spreads 8″. This […]
Sideritis candicans ( Sideritis )
Upright to spreading, branched evergreen shrub. Leaves are oval to heart-shaped, scalloped and covered with white woolly hairs. Erect spikes of light yellow flowers with orange or brown tips bloom in summer.
Sidalcea malviflora ( Sussex Beauty Prairie Mallow )
This is an erect perennial with kidney-shaped, shallow-lobed, basal, medium-green leaves. Grows to 36″ tall and 18″ wide. Funnel-shaped flowers of ‘Sussex Beauty’ are satiny, clear pink, to 2″ across, and borne in summer. Locate in full sun and provide […]
Sidalcea malviflora ( Reverend Page Roberts Prairie Mallow )
This is an erect perennial with kidney-shaped, shallow-lobed, basal, medium-green leaves. Grows to 36″ tall and 18″ wide. Funnel-shaped flowers of ‘Reverend Page Roberts’ are silvery, rose-pink, to 2″ across, and borne in summer. Locate in full sun and provide […]
