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Red Campion
Silene dioica

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Provenance: Native
Form: Perennial
Protected status: Not Protected
Garden status: Gardenworthy

 

Horticultural information:
Red campion is a plant of acid or neutral soils, and is wonderful for the herbaceous border, or for naturalising in a hedge-bottom or wooded area of the garden. Propagate in a cold frame from seed sown in pans in spring, planting out in autumn.

 
Specific Animal Associations

Plant part(s) Animal common name Animal latin name Stage Type  
General associations:
   Flowers    Swallowtail    Papilio machaon    Adult   Butterfly