The following blog article was submitted by Heidi Brosseau – our retail manager….
A new perennial that we haven’t carried before has already pushed itself onto my favorites list.
Silene ‘Rollie’s Favorite’ aka Campion has already started to fill it’s pots and open up it’s brilliant pink flowers. It is going to keep blooming right through spring and summer, attracting oodles of butterflies. It grows in clean compact mounds that reach about 18″ tall in full to part sun.
Sounds great so far doesn’t it? In addition to all these amazing attributes, it has a little Minnesotan in it. Hardy from Zones 3 to 9, it will survive a minus 40 degree winter. It has quickly impressed me in the greenhouse. I’m sure it will become a favorite to many in no time. This perennial would be beautiful with deep blue Salvias, bright blue Forget Me Nots, or vivid yellow Coreopsis and a wonderful addition to container plantings. Stop by the nursery soon to pick yours up – I don’t think they’ll last very long!
