Rose Campion is a perennial ornamental flower favored for its magenta blooms and woolly gray silver foliage. It performs best within U.S.  zones 5 - 8 where it will reach a mature height of 1 to 2 feet with a 1 foot spread.

The plants prefer full sun but tolerate partial shade, where they produce fewer blossoms.

The first year it will only produce a rosette with the leaves, but in the second year of establishment, Rose Campion blooms with a profusion producing many long-stemmed magenta colored trumpet-shaped flowers. They measure an inch across and just as long.


The seeds need cold stratification to be viable, so planting in fall can yield plants in spring. You can also direct sow in early spring. In either case, sow the seeds by pressing lightly into soft damp soil. The seeds are tiny so watering them directly may wash them away; instead try misting them lightly with a sprayer. They need a fair bit of sunlight to germinate in spring, so consider the seasonal placement of the sun in your garden when planting.

You can also grow rose campion seeds indoors, just remember to cold stratify before you plant them. In this case, just put the seeds in the fridge for about 1 month.

You will get 100 seeds from my organically grown plants (harvested 08/2023).

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