Red Campion

Silene dioica

• Position: partial shade
• Soil: moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May and June
• Flower colour: rose-pink
• Other features: softly hairy leaves
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A dainty native wildflower with rose-pink flowers on upright stems in May and June. Red campion is perfect for naturalising in partially shady areas of a moist wildflower meadow or woodland edge. Commonly found growing in woods and hedgerows, in former times the pounded seed of the plant was used to treat snake bite.
  
  
• Garden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. Dead-head regularly to prolong flowering. In autumn cut the faded flower-heads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.
  
  
• Goes well with: Fritillaria meleagris 'Mixed', Lonicera pericymenum, Primula veris, Digitalis purpurea, Crataegus monogyna, Rosa rugosa var. alba

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