Silene vulgaris | Blushing Lanterns | Maidens Tears | Bladder Campion Kitchen towel The flowers are excellent for

The flowers are excellent for drying and for use in potpourri as they retain their fragrance

you can simply cut back after flowering to encourage new foliage

It can be easily split in spring to provide you with more plants

It has very small pretty white flowers

We find it does not spread rampantly and we have found that it is not as deep rooted as our big Comfrey and we find we can easily dig it out if we want to move it and no new bits seem to sprout and if they do they appear to be easily removed and relocated or we use it in our Comfrey tea that we make with sheep manure and use on our garden plants

Silene vulgaris | Blushing Lanterns | Maidens Tears | Bladder Campion Kitchen towel The flowers are excellent forIf you are looking for a flower to add a feminine romantic look to your arrangements then this is definitely it. Silene vulgaris is an upright semi evergreen perennial that has upright flower stems that are covered in small pale green balloon like pods that are blushed with pink veining. As the little pods mature the open to reveal pure snow white petals and once the petals have dropped the pretty little pods remain. A much favoured flower for cutting