| Common Name | Fire Pink |
| Scientific Name | Silene virginica |
| Height | 6-8" high Seldom over 2' |
| Sun/Shade | Sun - partial shade |
| Bloom Season | Early summer |
| Bloom Color | Red |
| Soil | Moist, well drained |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Short lived. Helps to transplant some rosettes in early fall. Self sow in ideal environment, die if not. |
| Notes | Can be overcome by environmental stresses because of heavy blooming. Favorite of hummingbirds. Remove at least half of spent flowers to reserve energy. |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
NA | NA | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
NA | NA |
Information on Silene virginica:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=SILVIR
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and
Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1999
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.