Silene schafta

SILENE schafta
Moss Campion

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 4-6" (10-15 cm)

Flowering Time: Summer, Autumn

Flower Colour: Pink

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Caryophyllidae (Pinks Superorder)

Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks Order)

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pinks Family)

Genus: Silene

Species: schafta

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Silene schafta is one of the most popular plants for a rockery, not least because it flowers at a time when many other rockery plants are past their best. It forms a neat tuft of bright green pointed leaves, covered in late summer and into autumn with bright magenta flowers with deeply cut petals.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Outside
(78 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a long pointed cylinder, opening with a star shape.
Seed The seeds are brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod.
Seedling The seedlings have pointed leaves.

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				Germination: Winter Outside (78 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a long pointed cylinder, opening with a star shape. Seed The seeds are brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod. Seedling The seedlings have pointed leaves.