How to GrowLychnis
Lychnis(lik - nis )
From the Greeklychnos , a lamp , alluding to the bright - coloured flowers(Caryophyllaceae).This small genus from the due north temperate zona of the Old World contains some in effect herbaceous perennials and one good hardy yearly . Two of our most telling wild plant , the red and the white-hot catchfly belong to here , and , in fact , are worthy of garden refinement , the snowy one in particular for its extreme sweetness in the evening . There is a natural loanblend between these two plants which has delicate pink flowers . The ragged robin , L. flos - cuculi , isalso a native plant quite deserving growing in the wild garden . It is interesting thatL. chalcedonicagives us the brightest orange red in the herbaceous garden , whileL. flos - jovis(syn . Agrostemma flos - jovis , A.coronaria flos - jovis)gives us the most concentrated magenta to accompany its gray foliage .
Species cultivatedL. alba(syn . Melandrium album),white silene , 3 fundament ; May to August , Europe . L. alpina(syn . Viscaria alpina),6 column inch , pink , summertime , Europe . L. arkwrightii,1 - i human foot , scarlet , summer , hybrid . L. chalcedonica,3 feet , red , summertime , Russia . L. coeli - rosa(syn . Silene coeli - rosa),rose of heaven , 1 foot , purple and various other colours , annual , Levant;L. coronaria,2,5 feet , magenta , July and August , south Europe . L. dioica ( Melandrium rubrum),the red campion , 3 feet , strong pinkish , summer , Britain . L. floscuculi , 1feet , ragged robin , rose - pink , May and June , Britain . L. fulgens,9 inch , vermilion , May to September , Siberia . L. grandiflora(syn . L. coronata),18 inches , salmon , summer , Japan . L.xhaageana,9 inches , very large crimson flower , hybrid . L. lagascae(syn . Petrocoptis lagascae),9 column inch , rose and white , summer , Pyrenees . L. viscaria(syn . Viscaria vulgaris),catchfly , 1 animal foot , reddish - purple , summertime , Europe .
CultivationMost catchfly are very easily grown in any kind of soil and can withstand juiceless condition better than many other herbaceous plants . However , L. alpinaandL. lagascaeneed rather plentiful soil . Some of these herbaceous plant are rather short - lived perennials—L.albais almost two-year . All may be promptly raised from seed sown in March in the open garden , as they are supremely hardy . The one one-year species needs the stock stout annual treatment .
