Maltese Cross Flower Plant
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Maltese cross flower plant. Maltese cross plants grow two to thee feet tall. Water your maltese cross. Lychnis chalcedonica is an heirloom flower that has been grown in gardens since colonial times. Lush green upright growth.
The characteristics make a huge difference in your garden plant choice. In soil heavy in clay or sand add fertilizer to promote healthy growth. A rounded flower head has many florets. Recipient of the prestigious award of garden merit of the royal horticultural society this plant.
Florets have four petals in a cross shape. Maltese cross tolerates full sun or shade but grows best in areas that receive full sunlight for. This perennial is also coveted by gardeners interested in tradition as it s been grown for centuries particularly in cottage gardens. It has dark green leaves located opposite each other on the stem.
Plants form an upright clump of bright green leaves with taller stems in summer that bear large clusters of scarlet orange flowers. Each bloom will open up to roughly a half inch to an inch in diameter while each cluster of flowers contains anywhere from 10 to 50 blooms. Silene chalcedonica is a species of flowering plant in the family caryophyllaceae native to central and eastern russia kazakhstan mongolia and northwestern china. Lychnis chalcedonica commonly known as the maltese cross flower of bristol jerusalem cross or nonesuch syn.
Maltese cross flowers are often grown alongside yellow flowers to create striking plant color schemes. The flowers will attract butterflies in the summer months. Stem and leaves are hairy. It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and has gained the royal horticultural society s award of garden merit.
Dazzling scarlet flowers form dense clusters on taller stems in summer. Maltese cross are perfect to brighten up your flower garden. Place toward the back of border as the flowers are held high and foliage tips can brown in late summer s heat. It is a non flowering plant.
Long popular in cottage gardens this is a rugged and easy perennial for any sunny border. Maltese cross produces clusters of small red cross shaped flowers. Maltese cross plant care growing conditions. Other common names maltese cross jerusalem cross common rose campion constantinople campion cross of jerusalem fireball flower of bristow flower of constantinople gardener s delight gardener s eye great candlestick knight s cross london pride meadow campion none such red robin scarlet lightning scarlet lychnis tears of christ.
Grows up to 2 4 ft. Applying light doses of. They are drought tolerant and easy to grow. There are many characteristics of maltese cross flower.
The plants themselves grow to a mature height of about 24 to 36 inches tall. Maltese cross can also be used to naturalize a space.
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