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Eudianthe coeli-rosa

Silene coeli-rosa

Also called Rose silene

Eudianthe coeli-rosa
Photo: Matthias.Wolf, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eudianthe coeli-rosa, the rose of heaven, is a Mediterranean annual in the pink family grown for its showy flowers. It is easy from seed sown in place in cool weather, and it dislikes wet, heavy soil.

Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, average or poor soil; sandy or gritty mixes suit it.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost, but heat and humid summers can stress it.
How easy
Easy

About

Eudianthe coeli-rosa, called the rose of heaven, is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France (including Corsica), and Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily). An annual, it is grown in gardens as an ornamental.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eudianthe coeli-rosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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