Lychnis Orange Sherbet Viola Once the flower stalk has

Once the flower stalk has finished

bright red fruit from summer through late spring

Despite being endemic to only a small region of beech forests and floodplains on both the Louisiana and Mississippi sides of the Mississippi River

the more sun

ventricosa selection from Mary Chastain is known for its intense black-green leaf coloration and heavily rippled leaf margins that are a dramatic improvement over the typical species

Lychnis Orange Sherbet Viola Once the flower stalk hasLychnis 'Orange Sherbet' is an amazing ragged robin that has been passed along for hundreds of years, but rarely shows up in commerce. We were given this as a clone of the Chinese Lychnis coronata, but when we keyed it out, it turned out to be a virtually sterile hybrid. Regardless, Lychnis 'Orange Sherbet' makes a tidy 2' tall x 3' wide mound of light green foliage which is topped, starting in late May (NC), with 1", or wider, light orange flowers