Description
Lychnis alpine
perennial
usually comes in quart or 1 gallon size container
blooms in summer
L. alpina – Alpine campion – Alpine Catchfly – This dwarf, tufted perennial from the Mountains of Northern Hemisphere, subarctic regions grows 6″ tall and wide. It produces rosettes of oblong-lance-shaped to elliptic-lance shaped, dark green leaves, to 1 ½” long. In summer it bears dense, rounded, terminal cymes of 6-20 salverform, rosy purple flowers, to 3/4″ across, with frilled, 2 lobed petals.
Grow in any moderately fertile, well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Deadhead frequently to prolong flowering. Divide in early spring.
Zones 4-7
