Perfect in rockery, flowerbeds and ground-covers. Medicinal properties. Edible flowers. It can be cultivated in pots or for cut flower. The flowers can be added fresh to salads or cooked as vegetables. Its medicinal properties are the same as the ones of Valerian. That is to say sedative, calming and antispasmodic.
This plant is a perennial of 60 cm with carmine red, scented flowers. Wide bright green and lanceolate leaves.
Little watering and pruning after flowering. It adapts to any well drained soil.
Direct sowing in spring.Lightly cover the seeds and maintain the humidity until germination is completed.
Balcony & Courtyard, Edging, Groundcover, Edible flower, Cut flower, Gardening, Wild garden, City garden, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal, Restoration

| Flower colour | White, Red |
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| Flowering period | June, July, August, September, Summer |
| Botanical name | Centranthus ruber coccineus |
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| Life cycle | Perennial |
| Sowing period | March, April, May, Spring |
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| Average germination (%) | 60 |
| Seeds per gram | 500 |
| Type of use | Balcony & Courtyard, Edging, Groundcover, Edible flower, Cut flower, Gardening, Wild garden, City garden, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal, Restoration |
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| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Alkaline |
| Soil type | Sand |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -15ºC) |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
| Watering | Little |
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