Silene ssp. This large genus has more than 500 species spread around the northern hemisphere in annual, biennial, and perennial forms. Hortus Third makes an interesting comment in closing its botanical description; "The name has three syllables." Clearly, a lot of people besides myself pronounce it wrong.
Orientalis A good perennial for cutting, each mounded plant putting up 15-20 slender stems of hot pink lychnis-like flowers in dense clusters. Forms a low leafy clump the first year, followed by a brilliant show in year two. There is mass confusion online and in catalogs over whether this a biennial or perennial, but my favorite old argument solver, Hortus Third, splits that baby by saying, "...biennial, or ... pricing and more
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Sculpit NEW FOR 2024! One of the many Silene species, this perennial is used as an aromatic salad leaf in Italy, and a seasoning in egg and risotto dishes. In bloom, it makes an airy contribution to bouquets with graceful 2’ stems topped with lobed white petals atop a showy inflated pink calyx. Flowers are followed by ornamental urn-like seed pods. A useful plant in all it’s life stages. A favorite of pollinators, ... pricing and more
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