An early-summer blooming perennial that lights up the garden with clusters of scarlet-orange flowers. An excellent addition to a cottage garden, perennial bed, or small space, this plant will enhance any setting. Place toward the back of the border as the flowers are held high and foliage tips can brown in late summer’s heat. Pollinator friendly blooms can also be lovely cut flowers. This easy-to-grow perennial and is deer and rabbit resistant. Tolerant of poor soil and dry conditions. Grows to around three feet high. Photo courtesy of High Country Gardens.
Lychnis chalcedonica ‘Maltese Cross’ (rose campion)
Description
An early-summer blooming perennial that lights up the garden with clusters of scarlet-orange flowers. An excellent addition to a cottage garden, perennial bed, or small space, this plant will enhance any setting. Place toward the back of the border as the flowers are held high and foliage tips can brown in late summer’s heat. Pollinator friendly blooms can also be lovely cut flowers. This easy-to-grow perennial and is deer and rabbit resistant. Tolerant of poor soil and dry conditions. Grows to around three feet high. Photo courtesy of High Country Gardens.
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