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Sea Campion in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Silene Uniflora

 

Sea Campion

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. 'Sea Campion' is a low-growing, grey-green leaved plant with disproportionately large white flowers in late Spring to early Summer. Very good plant for rockeries

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plant Features
  • Sea Campion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sea Campion likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Sea Campion is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Sea Campion likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sea Campion

Latin name

Silene Uniflora

type

Perennial

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sea Campion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sea Campion is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Sea Campion likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Sea Campion likes occasional watering

    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

The size of a fully grown Sea Campion is 0.30meters x 0.15meters 0.30 M 0.15 M

Silene Uniflora

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. 'Sea Campion' is a low-growing, grey-green leaved plant with disproportionately large white flowers in late Spring to early Summer. Very good plant for rockeries


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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