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Anyone grown Lychnis Jenny?

MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
Just bought a couple and wondered what you thought of them. Could you tell me the best aspect, when and how long they flower for? t i a

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2021
    It’s very pretty ... I bought one from Blooms for a previous garden ... I tried to nurture it but that garden was too damp and shady for it and sulked then turned its toes up 😢. 

    I’d put yours in a sunny spot with the legendary ‘moist but free-draining’ soil. 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited February 2021
    Lychnis flos-cuculi Jenny  is a sport/cultivar of the ragged robin Lychnis flos cuculi.
    Jenny has double flowers.
    Which is a bog plant growing in damp meadows in ground that does not dry out.
    I love both but ground here too dry to have them to last long.
    Both are beautiful.

    Pic 1 and 2..Jenny.
    3 Wild ragged Robin.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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