Fire Pink
Silene virginica
Red flowers from May into July. It grows wild in 16 of West Virginia’s 55 counties.
- Light
- Full shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 1.2 ft to 2 ft tall, 1.4 ft wide
- Flowers
- Red, May to Jul
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- A taproot
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 5 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 5 kinds of native bees
- Birds
- 13 kinds of birds
Grows well with
Heartleaf Aster
Hairy Beard Tongue
Robin's-plantain
Bluestem Goldenrod
New Jersey Tea
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Wild Geranium
Calico AsterFacts from the Quercus record for Silene virginica.