Rose Campion
Silene coronaria
If you watched my DTube video today, you'll know I got a bunch of plant genetics from my friend Amelia yesterday. What did I give her? You may be asking.
One of the things is a Rose Campion plant. I got the Rose Campion seeds from our dear friend Pat who is in her mid 70s. Rose Campion has been on our homestead for a couple years now and I'm so happy that it has chosen to join us and return year after year! After the first year, it has continued to sow seeds and pop up. I then transplant it and have moved it to many spaces around the land.
Rose Campion
This deer resistant plant hardy to zones 3-9 is an old-time "cottage garden" plant. You can imagine it in the warm and enchanting gardens of old. Its bright magenta flowers last the entire summer.
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And it is so easy to grow!
It seems to go by two scientific names, Lychnis coronaria being one of them. Lychnis is Greek for lamp and is named as such as they used to use the downy stalks for wicks!
They're drought resistant and, did i mention, easy to grow?!
Here at the homestead with so much going on, beautiful plants like this that are no hassle, establish once kind of plants are the ones we love!
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They're easy to start from seed and, once established, really light up the landscape for years to come.
No wonder they're an old time favorite!
As we hear in this Plant of the Week Profile,
Rose Campion is a short lived perennial of the pinks family that originally came from southwestern Europe but has been so long grown in gardens it is found in most temperate climates around the world. It is clump-forming with wooly, mullen-like leaves that are elliptical in outline and about 5 inches long.
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