Silene regia Tony's Favorites snapdragon-like

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Bloodroot foliage is of an interesting form

Remove all solid shoots to maintain the pattern of this fascinating attention-getter

The flowers are followed by lovely terminal clusters of attractive blue fruit

Silene regia Tony's Favorites snapdragon-likeIf you haven't tried royal catchfly, Silene regia, you have missed one of the truly great eastern US natives. Silene regia has a limited and scattered range from Illinois south to Florida in mostly prairie habitats. Emerging from a basal rosette, the tight clump of flowering stems shoot upward to 2. 5 4' tall, clothed to the top with long smooth green leaves. In June July, the sticky stalks (which actually catch insects) are topped with terminal