Rose Campion Plant
Profile
Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) is a favorite cottage garden perennial that has beautiful magenta flowers at the top of a tall stalk. The lower-leaves are a soft-textured, gray-green rosette mound that is attractive most of the year. Rose Campion also comes in a white-flowering version that is equally as lovely.
It is short-lived and may not bloom during its first year. Rose Campion is hardy to USDA zones 4 through 8. It originates in the Mediterranean region and has naturalized to many other regions. It prefers dry, rocky hillsides in full sun, but can also grow well in normal garden conditions. It re-seeds itself prolifically unless you cut off the seedheads at the end of the growing season.
It is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant. The only maintenance needed is to cut back the finished flowers to encourage more flowering during the growing season.
Rose Campion is often mixed up with Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina) as they both have fuzzy, silver foliage, but the flowers are very different. Lamb’s Ear normally has a tall spike of purple flowers that bloom in succession up the stalk.
Rose Campion: You Can Grow That!
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