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Here are some beautiful and easy plants for you to grow.
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Lychnis coronaria
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Lychnis coronaria Seeds
Lychnis is one of our most beautiful and popular garden plants. This lovely perennial plant produces tall silvery stems topped by deep pink flowers. As you can see from these photos, blooms are wide open and are easy for Bees and Butterflies to land on. In fact they are great for lots of pollinating insects and recommended by the RHS too.
Lychnis is one of our most beautiful and popular garden plants. This lovely perennial plant produces tall silvery stems topped by deep pink flowers. As you can see from these photos, blooms are wide open and are easy for Bees and Butterflies to land on. In fact they are great for lots of pollinating insects and recommended by the RHS too.
Lovely for cottage gardens, wildlife gardens and also more formal herbaceous borders. Lychnis flowers from June until August. They grow beautifully with all sorts of summer flowering perennials including Geranium and Verbascum.
Each individual flower is upward facing which makes it jolly useful and attractive in the garden. Grow in full sun with well drained soil for best results.
| Genus | Lychnis coronaria |
| Common name | Rose campion |
| Plant Type | Perennial. Can also be treated as an annual if sown in January/February |
| Height & Spread | 60-90cm (2-3 feet+) tall x 50cm (18 inches) spread |
| Sow Seeds | Sow seeds indoors January - April & September - November. Sow direct May, June and July. Germinates in 2 weeks at 16°C-21°C. Seeds need cold stratification before sowing and require light to germinate so do not cover after sowing. |
| Thin/Plant Out | In the garden allow a minimum space of 50cm per plant. |
| Conditions Required | Lychnis loves well drained soil. They prefer an open site with plenty of sunshine. |
| Flower Production | Blooms are produced 12-14 weeks from sowing. Flowers from June to August. |
| Maintenance | Dead-head regularly to make sure that your plants continue to produce new blooms. If you allow seed heads to form then Lychnis will self sow. |
| Planting Combinations | Lychnis grows particularly well with other perennials such as Geranium and Verbascum. |
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