Description
- About this item
- Silene noctiflora or the night flowering catchfly, a totally fascinating and now quite rare native wild flower. The flowers open after dark and are release a strong heady fragrance to attract moths which are its natural pollinators.
- What is perhaps even more interesting is the sticky hairs which cover the entire plant and catch tiny insects like gnats and aphids providing a food source for beneficial insects such as ladybirds and so protecting itself from sap sucking insects like aphids.
- A ‘must grow’ for the wildlife garden if only to help keep this lovely plant from disappearing altogether.
- The growth habit is annual or biennial, if it doesn’t flower in year 1 it will in year 2 and will hopefully self-seed for future generations.
- Either sow seeds in Autumn or Spring
Silene noctiflora - Night Flowering Catchfly SEEDS 300+ - Fragrant native wild Flower
