Loving this Dusky pink Maltese Cross (Lychnis chalcedonica "Dawn Sky") Hardy fuss free & beautiful in a vase & in the garden Apricot-pink flower clusters bloom in early to mid-summer. (usually beginning of July here)
A rare heirloom, given old names such as Nonesuch and Mock Sweet William, it is a hardy survivor. Easy and pest free, it's showy grown in masses in the cottage garden. This could be the ‘pale red’ variation of the traditional bright scarlet maltese cross that was mentioned in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1794.
