Guilford Garden Center
Short & Sweet Silene qt.
Silene caroliniana, commonly called wild pink, Carolina campion, or catchfly, is a low, mounded wildflower which is native to eastern and central North America. It somewhat resembles woodland phlox. Loose clusters of rose-pink flowers with five spreading wedge-shaped petals appear in mid to late spring atop sticky flowering stems rising to 10″ tall. Tufts of narrow, lance-shaped basal leaves (to 4″ long) with smaller paired stem leaves. An important early nectar source for butterflies and other insect pollinators.
‘Short and Sweet’ is a compact, mounding to spreading selection of wild pink that features bright pink flowers held above basal foliage. Mature clumps will reach up to 8″ tall and spread to fill an 18″ area.
Sapphire Linum 1g
Sapphire is a shorter variety for the front of the border or containers. Also known as Linum perenne nanum ‘Blue Sapphire’. It tolerates heat, drought and poor soil, and it blooms the first year from seed if started early indoors. Hardy perennial in zones 3-9.
Height 14″ spacing 12″