SILENE SEEDS
(12 varieties)
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
An intriguing and beautiful curiosity from the hills of Japan. Creeping, straggling stems are covered with small pointed leaves and frilly greenish-white flowers, which in turn become blackcurrant-like berries. A most unusual member of the dianthu...
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$3.14 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
A completely new plant to cultivation, never before offered. Massed heads of pure white Maltese-Cross flowers on short, thin wiry stems in spring and early summer. A little beauty for the rockery or dry garden.
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$3.38 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
This scarce and diminutive plant with a rosette of daisy-like foliage forms low, spreading stems carrying white flowers with prominently inflated pouches. Sourced from the damp coastal areas of South Africa.
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$3.86 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
Numerous strong stems bearing thick green leaves, produce sprays of numerous, long, pinkish-purple buds which open into spikes of creamy white flowers in mid summer. A new and unusual member of the campion family, and impressive grown "en ma...
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$3.78 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
This new and most unusal flower from China and Yunnan bears a striking resemblance to a tall cowslip, but with deep lavender, frilly flowers with attractively striped calyces, which appear in compact trusses on short stems throughout the summer.
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$3.94 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
"Silene dioica variegated". Another Plantworld Seed introduction. The fascinating variegated ornamental foliage comes reasonably true from seed. Green seedlings often germinate first, reject these as they will not variegate later. Leave...
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$3.06 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
The 'Sea Campion' is an ideal flower for a rockery, bank or wall, where it will display its disproportionately large white frilly flowers nestling on cushions of grey leaves for a long period in spring and early summer.
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$3.54 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
A quite spectacular new plant we have never seen before with thick, blue-grey foliage resembling that of a carnation. Many tall thin stems carry countless wavy, convoluted, frilly-petalled creamy flowers with pink calyces. A Japanese nurseryman...
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$3.94 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
We have finally succeeded in producing a purple-leafed, fertile 'Red Campion' (Silene dioica). The leaves of this superb new Plant World discovery go darker the brighter the sun is, giving a perfect foil for the bright pink flowers.
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$3.94 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
After years of trying we have succeeded in breeding this absolutely stunning new plant that comes almost completely true from seed. Bright pink flowers open over a very long period, on contrasting dark stems, above compact clumps of shining, brig...
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$4.27 / packet
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Caryophyllaceae
Hardy perennial
Another absolutely NEW form of the "Red campion" which produces in late winter incredible spikes of strikingly bright cream foliage. This is amongst the brightest foliage in the garden until late spring when the pale foliage stops growin...
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$3.70 / packet
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Caryophlaceae
Hardy perennial
A striking plant producing a swarm of small greenish-cream flowers which have curiously swept-back petals growing thickly over a mass of thin, continuously branching, sticky stems. From a distance, much resembles the gypsophila so loved by florists.
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$3.62 / packet
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