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Fire Pink

Fire Pink

Silene virginica

Part sun to light shade, medium to dry moisture level, prefers a poorer soil, moderately acid pH.  1-2 feet height, blooms spring into summer, crimson flowers, will naturalize.

Germination Code:  C(60)

Native Region:  Statewide

Colorful flowers than last for a month or more.  Short-lived but happy to re-seed around if there is open ground.  Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

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Photo Courtesy of Prairie Moon Nursery http://www.prairiemoon.com/
Photo Courtesy of John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/
Photo Courtesy of John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/

One response to “Fire Pink”

  1. Judi Talley January 20, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    These are beautiful sparks of red, and one of my mother’s favorites, so I’m very sentimentally attached to them. I’m hoping to establish them under my dogwoods on a sunny hill.

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