Silene Laciniata 'Jack Flash'
Mexican Catchfly 'Jack Flash'
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. 'Jack Flash' is a clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, slightly hairy, grey-green leaves and bright orange-red flowers with deeply-cut petals that appear on branching stems for a long period over late Summer into Autumn . Foliage - Semi evergreen Habit - Mat Forming, Spreading COLOUR Flower - Orange-red in Summer; Orange-red in Autumn Foliage - Grey-green in Spring; Grey-green in Summer; Grey-green in Autumn General carePropagation methods - Division WHERE TO GROW Silene laciniata 'Jack Flash' (Mexican catchfly 'Jack Flash' ) will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.45m after 2-5 years. Suggested uses - Beds and borders, Coastal, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Gravel, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Rock, Wildlife Cultivation - Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil in full sun or light shade. Soil type - Chalky, Loamy, Sandy Soil drainage - Well-drained Soil pH - Alkaline, Neutral Light - Full Sun Aspect - North, South, East, West Exposure - Exposed, Sheltered UK hardiness - Hardy (H4) USDA zones - Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6 New: Silene coeli-rosa - Rose-of-Heaven - is an upright annual with narrowly oblong leaves and clusters of flat pink flowers in Summer
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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
Mexican Catchfly 'Jack Flash'
Latin name
Silene Laciniata 'Jack Flash'
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
0.45 M
0.60 M
Silene Laciniata 'Jack Flash'
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. 'Jack Flash' is a clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, slightly hairy, grey-green leaves and bright orange-red flowers with deeply-cut petals that appear on branching stems for a long period over late Summer into Autumn . Foliage - Semi evergreen Habit - Mat Forming, Spreading COLOUR Flower - Orange-red in Summer; Orange-red in Autumn Foliage - Grey-green in Spring; Grey-green in Summer; Grey-green in Autumn General carePropagation methods - Division WHERE TO GROW Silene laciniata 'Jack Flash' (Mexican catchfly 'Jack Flash' ) will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.45m after 2-5 years. Suggested uses - Beds and borders, Coastal, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Gravel, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Rock, Wildlife Cultivation - Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil in full sun or light shade. Soil type - Chalky, Loamy, Sandy Soil drainage - Well-drained Soil pH - Alkaline, Neutral Light - Full Sun Aspect - North, South, East, West Exposure - Exposed, Sheltered UK hardiness - Hardy (H4) USDA zones - Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6 New: Silene coeli-rosa - Rose-of-Heaven - is an upright annual with narrowly oblong leaves and clusters of flat pink flowers in Summer
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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