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Genus: S

Sagina
Corsican moss
Salvia
pineapple sage
Sambucus
sweet elderberry
Sanguinaria
bloodroot
Saponaria
Mediterranean pink
Sasa
bamboo
Sasaella
bamboo
Sassafras
sassafras
Saururus
lizard's tail
Saxifraga
strawberry begonia
Schizachyrium
bunchgrass; little bluestem
Scirpus
bulrush
Sedum
(sedum); golden moss; wall pepper; wild stonecrop; worm grass; yellow stonecrop
Semiarundinaria
bamboo
Sempervivum
cobweb houseleek; common houseleek; hens-and-chickens
Senecio
golden groundsel
Shibataea
bamboo
Silene
fire pink
Silphium
cup plant
Sisyrinchium
pointed blue-eyed grass
Sorghastrum
Indian grass
Spartina
variegated prairie cordgrass
Sphagnum
sphagnum moss
Spigelia
Indian pink
Spiraea
meadowsweet
Sporobolus
prairie dropseed
Stachys
Betony; hedge nettle; woundwort
Stokesia
Stokes' aster
Stylophorum
celandine poppy; wood poppy
Styrax
Japanese snowbell tree
Symphytum
comfrey

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Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Silene

(Caryophyllaceae - pink family)
About 500 species of herbs, widely distributed in the N Hemisphere. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals

virginica evgrn peren • ht 4"; fl stalks to 18" • zones 4-9

fire pink

Silene virginica


native, rock garden, dry - moist, part shade - sun
e and cent US

Basal rosette of dark green, leathery, evergreen leaves. Bears crimson flowers about 2" across on upright stalks from late spring through early fall. Tolerant of dry soil and partial shade, but will flower best in full sun. A very attractive, well-mannered plant, suitable for rock gardens.

cat # 2U4V
$9.95 each / 3+, $9.50 ea