Fire Pink – Native Plant of the Day 01/01/2024
Photo from 05/29/2009. Location: Lake Nottely, Union County, GA.
More photos / info at the Silene virginica detail page.
Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly – Silene virginica
Also NPOD 05/28/2011, 05/28/2012, 05/28/2013, 05/28/2014, 05/28/2015, 05/28/2016, 05/28/2017, 05/28/2018, 01/01/2019, 01/01/2020, 01/01/2021, 01/01/2022, 01/01/2023
Love that bright red, these are gorgeous!
I just found one of the catchfly plants growing on a woodsy bank in my yard. April 29,2013 Clarksville TN
I love it when these start showing up. We spotted a few on a roadbank near us in the past few days as well. Thanks for the information and for the visit, Martha.
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They are awesome and grow in our woods can’t wait to see them every year
We have one Selene Virginica growing at our place in Virginia. How do I help or encourage it to multiply in situ?
I’m not a gardener, so I don’t know much about growing the plants, but the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center usually has some good information – http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIVI4
Yesterday I found s. virgencia along Wiseman Road (Old Route 105) at about the 3600-foot elevation near Linville Gorge in Western North Carolina. Date: 10/1/2020. It was in full bloom, even though all references describe this as Spring blooming. It looked exactly like the G. Williamson photos posted here.