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March is a busy month in the garden and there are lots of easy to grow flower seeds to choose from. You can help your garden wildlife by growing beautiful open-centred blooms. It’s officially Spring on the 20th March and at last things are warming up outdoors. Spring sown flowers often bloom in just 8-10 weeks so it’s the perfect time to choose what you’d love to see in your garden this year. Checkout Seeds to Sow in March for some inspiration and ideas. Wishing you a very Happy and Flower Filled Spring. Thanks for visiting and Happy Gardening. Gillian 🙂
Silene dioica
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Silene dioica Seeds
Red Campion is one of our most beautiful and easily recognised wildflowers. This lovely perennial plant produces tall stems with vibrant deep pink flowers. As you can see from these photos Red Campion is lovely with other wildflowers such as Bluebells. They love sun and dappled shade. They are great for lots of pollinating insects including bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths and listed by the RHS as Perfect for Pollinators.
Lovely for cottage gardens in mixed borders with dappled shade and for wilder parts of manicured gardens such as an orchard or hedge bottom. Red Campion flowers from April until July. They are also suited to naturalistic planting schemes, woodland and wild flower meadows because they grow beautifully with grasses, ox-eye daisies, geranium and other wildflowers.
Red Campion is one of our most beautiful and easily recognised wildflowers. This lovely perennial plant produces tall stems with vibrant deep pink flowers. As you can see from these photos Red Campion is lovely with other wildflowers such as Bluebells. They love sun and dappled shade. They are great for lots of pollinating insects including bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths and listed by the RHS as Perfect for Pollinators.
Lovely for cottage gardens in mixed borders with dappled shade and for wilder parts of manicured gardens such as an orchard or hedge bottom. Red Campion flowers from April until July. They are also suited to naturalistic planting schemes, woodland and wild flower meadows because they grow beautifully with grasses, ox-eye daisies, geranium and other wildflowers.
Red Campion is lovely both in the garden or as a cut flower in a wild posie. Grow in dappled shade with well drained fertile soil for best results. Will also grow in deep shade and open sunny meadows.
| Genus | Silene dioica |
| Common name | Red Campion |
| Plant Type | Perennial Wildflower. May also be treated as an annual. Perfect for Pollinators |
| Height & Spread | 60-75cm (2-2.5 feet) tall x 30cm (1 foot) spread |
| Sow Seeds | Sow direct in spring or autumn. |
| Thin/Plant Out | Allow a minimum space of 30cm per plant. |
| Conditions Required | Red Campion love fertile, well drained soil. They prefer a site with dappled shade and will also grow in deep shade and full sun. They are hardy perennials and will survive cold winters as long as the soil isn't waterlogged. |
| Flower Production | Blooms are produced from April/May until July/August. Once flowering is over cut back or mow over the plants if they are naturalised in grass. |
| Picking | When cutting place the cut flowers into a tall bucket of clean water. Allow to rest overnight before arranging. Silene lasts up to 5 days as a cut flower. |
| Planting Combinations | If you have the space I suggest you grow plenty of these lovely Red Campion. Grows particularly well with Grasses, Ox-Eye Daisies, Corncockle, Geranium and other Wildflowers. |
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