• Red Campion flower with vibrant pink petals surrounded by green foliage
  • Red Campion flower emerging in a field of grass
  • Red Campion flowers with a hint of purple hue inside a greenhouse
  • Cluster of Red Campion flowers with purple tones among garden greenery
  • Red Campion bloom sprouting from a tree branch
  • Close-up of a Red Campion flower in front of a greenhouse setting
  • Several Red Campion flowers grouped together in a natural garden environment
  • Pair of Red Campion blossoms amid green grass
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Red Campion

£2.40
£2.40
Tax included.

Red Campion is a superb wildflower addition to the cut flower garden. Delicate, pink flowers on long straight stems, I love it tumbled in a vase with other wildflowers such as Wild Carrot.

Easy to grow and (as long as you keep deadheading) it will flower on and off for months. Nectar-rich flowers will bring the bees and butterflies into the garden looking for food. Sow in spring or autumn.

Quantity of Seeds 200 Seeds
Type Short-lived Perennial/Annual/Biennial
Genus Silene dioica
Sow Seeds

Sow spring (April) or autumn (September) either direct into the soil or in seed trays to prick out and pot on as the plant grows.  If sown undercover, acclimatise before planting out in spring.  Likes dappled shade.
Plant Out

Acclimatise before planting out in spring.  Deadhead regularly to encourage more flowers.
Flowers

June-October
Height & Spread

50-80cm high x 30cm spread

 
    Red Campion flower with vibrant pink petals surrounded by green foliage
    Red Campion flower emerging in a field of grass
    Red Campion flowers with a hint of purple hue inside a greenhouse
    Cluster of Red Campion flowers with purple tones among garden greenery
    Red Campion bloom sprouting from a tree branch
    Close-up of a Red Campion flower in front of a greenhouse setting
    Several Red Campion flowers grouped together in a natural garden environment
    Pair of Red Campion blossoms amid green grass