code: 726
A lovely long-lived cottage garden plant
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Common name: Angel’s Blush Bloody Mary. LYCHNIS CORONARI OCULATA
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 60 cm
Maximum Height: 90 cm
The pink-eyed white-flowered form of the woolly, grey-leaved Lychnis coronaria comes quite true from seed but the pink eye varies quite bizarrely with the season and weather conditions. A lovely long-lived cottage garden plant.
Sowing advice:
For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. However, we sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination as many seeds have built-in dormancy mechanisms, and often wait for spring before emerging regardless of when they are sown. But spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth if successful germination occurs.
Type
HP: hardy perennial
Description
White, variable pink eye, grey, sun, well drained
Hardiness
H7: colder than -20°C, Very hardy
Z4: to -33°C
Sowing
sow in spring once weather warms
Origin
Garden
