bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White
- Soil types
- Loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) is a perennial for borders, pollinator gardens, and low maintenance planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to average, loamy or chalky soil. White flowers open in early to late spring and again in early to late summer. Bees visit the blooms. It tolerates drought and grows 12 to 18 inches tall and wide.
Pairs well with Lamb’s ear, Camelot White digitalis, and Bluebell.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, and 31 more places. See all 35
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Altay, Amur, Baleares, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Chita, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., Primorye, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.