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Top native Silene

5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Form

Habit

Cascading 1 Creeping 1 Dense 1 Horizontal 1 Prostrate 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 3 Shrub 3 Wildflower 2 Annual 1 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Sleepy Catchfly Silene antirrhina caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 5 flowers 5
  • Moss Campion Silene acaulis caterpillars 3 food 14 flowers 20
  • Alpine Catchfly Silene struthioloides
  • Hawai'i Catchfly Silene hawaiiensis
  • Kauai Catchfly Silene lanceolata

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