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Nodding Catchfly in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Silene pendula

 

Nodding Catchfly

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. Silene pendula is mound-forming and bears nodding clusters of light pink blooms

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plant Features
  • Nodding Catchfly likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Nodding Catchfly likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Nodding Catchfly is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Nodding Catchfly likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Nodding Catchfly

Latin name

Silene pendula

type

Annual

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Nodding Catchfly likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Nodding Catchfly is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Nodding Catchfly likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Nodding Catchfly likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Nodding Catchfly is 0.25meters x 0.25meters 0.25 M 0.25 M

Silene pendula

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. Silene pendula is mound-forming and bears nodding clusters of light pink blooms


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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