Bladder Campion Seeds - Silene vulgaris - Native Wildflower
| Type: | Perennial |
| Approximate height: | Up to 60 to 80 cm |
| Flowering Time: | Summer |
| Site and soil type: | Prefers well-drained soil in sun or partial shade |
| When to sow: | Spring to early autumn |
| Where to sow: | Outside, direct into soil or under cover, into trays, modules or pots. |
| Packet contents: | Approximately 450 seeds / 0.3 g |
Also known as Common Bladder Catchfly, Cowbell and Spatling Poppy, Bladder Campion is an upright native perennial with oval, greeny-grey leaves and clusters of white flowers each bearing a ballon-like bladder behind them.
The flowers are white with a clove-like scent in the evening which attracts moths.
It prefers well- drained soil in either sun or partial shade.
Bladder Campion attracts and provides food for many different species including:
- Moths
- Caterpillars of the Marbled Clover Moth
- Black & Red Froghopper, (Cercopis vulnerata)
- An "RHS Plants for Pollinators" plant **
All our seed packets include sowing instructions.
Jemima’s Garden seeds are plastic free and reyclable. They’re contained in an inner glassine envelope, (made from pine wood cellulose), and an outer Kraft paper seed packet. Any shipping packaging is also plastic free and recyclable.
** RHS Plants for Pollinators. The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects. Find out more at rhs.org.uk/plantsforpollinators
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