Silene uniflora

SILENE uniflora
(SILENE maritima, SILENE
vulgaris subsp maritima)
Sea Campion

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 4" (10cm)

Flowering Time: Spring

Flower Colour: White, pink.

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Caryophyllidae (Pinks Superorder)

Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks Order)

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pinks Family)

Genus: Silene (Campion)

Species: uniflora (with one flower), maritima (of the sea)

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Silene uniflora is a valuable plant for the rock garden. It forms a mound of short, grey, pointed waxy leaves, with large frilly-looking flowers in white (or a very pale pink) with a reddish striped calyx, from late spring through summer.
It is easily propagated from seed, or may self-seed in sunny sites.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Outside
(34 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a capsule inside the calyx.
Seed The seeds are small dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod.
Seedling The seedling has grey pointed leaves and sometimes reddish stems.

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				Germination: Winter Outside (34 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a capsule inside the calyx. Seed The seeds are small dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod. Seedling The seedling has grey pointed leaves and sometimes reddish stems.