Silene ‘Rollie's Favorite’

Common Name:
Catchfly 'Rollie's Favorite'

Description:
Silene ‘Rollie’s Favorite’ is a charming and compact perennial known for its vivid magenta-pink blooms and prolific flowering habit. This cultivar is part of the campion or catchfly group, distinguished by its vibrant clusters of star-shaped flowers that emerge from early spring and continue through the warmer months. The plant forms a neat, mounding base of fresh green foliage, providing a tidy, cushion-like structure that contrasts beautifully with its lively flower colour. It thrives in Melbourne’s conditions, performing best in full sun to part shade and well-drained soils. Drought-tolerant once established, it’s a great choice for rockeries, cottage gardens, borders, or containers. ‘Rollie’s Favorite’ also makes an excellent edging plant and is particularly effective in massed plantings where its colour and form can be appreciated at scale.

Form:

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

• Ground Cover

Mature Size:

• Height: 20–30 cm

• Width: 30–40 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:

• Magenta Pink

Key Attributes:

• Suitable for Pots

• Bee Attracting

• Perennial

• Low Maintenance

• Suitable for Rockeries

• Suitable for Cottage Gardens

• Suitable for Edging

• Long Flowering Season

Toxicity:

• Not known to be toxic to humans or animals

Companion Plants:

• Dianthus

• Campanula

• Salvia 'Heatwave Glimmer'

• Achillea

• Nepeta

• Lavandula angustifolia

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.