Simmondsia chinensis ( Jojoba )

Multi-stemmed shrub with stiff branches. Leaves are oval to oblong, green, yellow-green, or blue-green. Clusters of small, yellow male flowers, or light green female flowers bloom in early spring followed by a nut-like brown fruit.

Silphium perfoliatum ( Cup Plant )

Upright, clump-forming perennial with hairy stems. Leaves are triangularly oval, toothed, bristly, and borne on winged stalks. Corymb-like yellow flowers, resembling sunflowers, bloom from midsummer to early fall. Ideal in herbaceous border or for naturalizing in woodland garden.

Silphium integrifolium ( Rosinweed )

Upright and bristly to woolly herbaceous perennial. Stalkless leaves are lance-shaped to oval, toothed or entire, bristly on top and woolly or hairless beneath. Corymb-like yellow flowers, resembling sunflowers, bloom in summer. Ideal in herbaceous border or for naturalizing in […]

Silene schafta ( Moss Campion )

Semi-evergreen perennial with moss-like clumps of narrow-stalked, bright green, lance-shaped leaves, up to 3/4″ long. Long, tubular, dark magenta flowers with notched petals, are borne profusely in late summer and early fall. Grows to 10″ tall and spreads 12″. This […]

Silene pendula ( Peach Blossom Nodding Catchfly )

Spreading annual, sometimes erect in form with hairy, oval leaves and nodding double, rose-pink, late summer flowers that fade to light pink then white. Grows to 6″ tall and spreads 6-9″. Easy to grow and often self sowing, if winter […]

Silene laciniata ( Catchfly )

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 […]