Stellaria pubera Chick a boom Pyrrosia and protected from freezing weather

and protected from freezing weather

which magically appear three days after a rain

with 1" long bells of the most brilliant orange-red we have ever seen on anything other than a custom Ferrari

very shiny

Stellaria pubera Chick a boom Pyrrosia and protected from freezing weatherI'm betting most of you have never grown star flowered chickweed in your garden. Am I right? Stellaria pubera is the well behaved US native (Massachusetts south to Florida) cousin of the evil, weedy European chickweed, Stellaria media, which also hogs all the search engine results. We're trying to change that with our 2021 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of the first ever named selection from a Zac Hill collection in Montgomery County, NC. Stellaria