I can’t remember when I first discovered the rose campion…I know I was very young. It has naturalized around certain neighborhoods and one popped up in our yard here in North Seattle early on. It had the typical bright magenta flowers. I let it grow and go to seed and we’ve had those plants ever since. My absolute favorites, though, are the lighter flowered clones, including the white version and “Angel’s Blush.” I grew Angel’s Blush for the memory garden in 2017 and planted them out in 2018 and experienced an amazing show of subtle white/pink flowers and grey foliage last June. Many of the plants bloomed themselves to death, but there are a few remaining plants this year that are blooming now and likely there will be seedlings at some point that should come true.
My 2020 plans for this plant are to collect some of the seeds so I can keep them going. The display they put on in 2019 was so magnificent–definitely worth repeating.