Our Outsidepride Lychnis Flower Seeds are vibrant, easy-to-grow perennials suitable for adding color to any garden. Known for their stunning blooms in shades of red, pink, and white, our Lychnis flower seeds for planting outdoors as perennials attract pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies. Our naturally avoided by deer plants grow in full sun to partial shade areas under USDA Zones 3-10 and prefer well-drained soil. With proper care, including regular watering and trimming, our planted seeds will provide long-lasting beauty throughout the summer season. Suitable for borders, cottage gardens, and cutting flowers.
Our perennial flower seeds bring an explosion of vibrant colors to any garden. With hues from scarlet and pink to white, our flowers add stunning visual appeal and their vibrant blooms are great for creating colorful garden displays while attracting pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies.
Our Lychnis plants are known for their self-seeding ability, ensuring long-lasting beauty in your garden year after year. By allowing the final blooms to go to seed, you can enjoy continuous supply of flowers with little effort. Our resilient plants help maintain a suitable, low-maintenance garden.
Our drought tolerant flower seeds are suitable for water-conscious gardeners. Once established, our hardy drought tolerant plants can live without frequent watering, making them a great choice for dry conditions. Enjoy colorful blooms all summer while conserving water and keeping maintenance low.
Lychnis flowers offer long-lasting blooms from late spring to summer. With proper care, including trimming, our plants continue to provide vibrant color throughout the growing season. Their enduring beauty makes them a suitable choice for any garden, ensuring a colorful display for months.
Our drought tolerant perennial flower seeds are available in a stunning range of colors, offering a true symphony for your garden. From the vivid rosy red of Coronaria to the stunning orange-red of Arkwrightii and the pristine white of Snowstar, each variety adds its unique flair, making them suitable outdoor perennials. Mix them together or plant them separately to create a colorful, eye-catching garden that attracts beneficial pollinators and blooms beautifully all summer long.
With Lychnis flowers, one seed can create a suitable garden of blooms. Whether you choose Coronaria, Snowstar, Chalcedonica, or Arkwrightii, each variety offers unique color and size that bloom prolifically in the summer. Our perennial seeds for planting outdoors provide continuous beauty with minimal maintenance. Once established, they re-seed themselves for an abundant supply of flowers, ensuring your garden is always vibrant with long-lasting blooms year after year.
Plant Lychnis and create a suitable garden that supports pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. For effective growth, sow Lychnis seeds in well-draining soil, covering them thinly. Maintain a temperature range of 68-70F and keep the seeds consistently moist until germination, which typically takes 14-21 days. Plant the seeds at a rate of 3 per plant, spacing them 8-18 inches apart. Ensure the plants receive plenty of light for healthy growth, and enjoy their vibrant blooms that attract pollinators.
Lychnis (Lychnis Chalcedonica) - This Lychnis, also known as Maltese Cross or Jerusalem Cross, is easily established by sowing Lychnis seeds. Maltese Cross Lychnis Chalcedonica is an heirloom flower that has been grown in American gardens since Colonial times. Its scarlet colored bloom clusters begin in June and continue through August. Hummingbirds cannot leave the blooms alone!
Maltese Cross Lychnis has long been popular in cottage gardens. It is a hardy and easy perennial for any sunny border. Plants form an upright clump of bright green leaves, with taller stems that bear the clusters of scarlet-orange flowers. Jerusalem Cross Lychnis is excellent for cutting, and they are reliable and long-lived.
Sow Lychnis seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before the last frost is expected. Use well-draining starter soil. Sow the Lychnis seeds on the surface, lightly covered. Keep seed continuously moist until germination. Some gardeners will cover with plastic wrap to keep humidity high. Transplant outdoors after danger of frost and when seedlings are 2 inches tall. Deadhead spent blooms to prolong blooming season. Red Maltese Cross flowers may bloom the first year from flower seed if started early indoors. Lychnis care includes watering deeply throughout the growing season, mulching around the base to keep the roots cool, and deadheading spent blooms to prolong the blooming season.