Lychnis coronaria is often called Rose Campion. This is one of our most beautiful and popular summer flowering garden plants and it's easy to grow from seed. It's a perennial plant producing tall silvery stems topped by deep pink flowers.

Sow indoors. Surface sow onto moist well-drained seed compost. Press seeds lightly into soil but do not cover. Light is needed for germination.

Sow seeds directly into your garden in late spring, covering them with 1/8 inch of fine loam. Seeds germinate in two to three weeks. In indoor containers, plant seeds in pots filled with sterile potting soil six to eight weeks before your region's final frost.

Propagate by seed in pots in a cold frame as soon as seed is ripe or in spring. Propagate by division or basal cuttings in early spring. Deadhead to encourage flowering then cut down in the fall. Native to eastern Europe and western Asia, and arrived in western Europe in the Middle Ages.. . . . .364011234336!]0000000000000009783314146129!]