Silene Californica
Indian Pink
Silene can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous or evergreen perennials. The leaves are untoothed, and the flowers can be solitary or clustered, and have 5 petals, often notched. 'Californica' is native to open woods from Southern California north to Oregon.Bears lobed scarlet-petalled flowers in late Spring and early Summer over the low growing mound of foliage.
Contributed by @TheGreenRaven
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Indian Pink
Latin name
Silene Californica
type
Perennial
family
Caryophyllaceae
ph
6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.60 M
Silene Californica
Silene can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous or evergreen perennials. The leaves are untoothed, and the flowers can be solitary or clustered, and have 5 petals, often notched. 'Californica' is native to open woods from Southern California north to Oregon.Bears lobed scarlet-petalled flowers in late Spring and early Summer over the low growing mound of foliage.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Early Autumn
Silene flower in Summer, with some varieties flowering on into early Autumn
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Sow seeds in seed compost under glass iin early Spring
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant seedlings out into a sunny, or dappled shade, site, in reasonably fertile free-draining soil
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TheGreenRaven