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Lychnis Chalcedonica
£2.55per packet
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This little beauty is one of the traditional cottage garden plants, carrying congested heads of brilliant scarlet Maltese-Cross-like flowers right from spring into late summer. It is very long-lived and is a bonus in any garden.
- Common name
- Silene Chalcedonica, Burning Love, Maltese Cross, Jerusalem Cross
- Family
- Caryophylaceae
- Packet content
- 400 seeds
- Height
- 60 cm - 75 cm
- Light level
- Full Sun
- Growth habit
- Herbaceous
- Hardiness rating
- H5
- Pollinator-friendly
- Yes
- Moisture
- Free draining
- Region of origin
- Europe
- Colour
- Red
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