Maltese Cross planted near the south fenceline in the Main South Garden. Planted in 2015. (MSG2021#12).
"Maltese Cross (Lychnis Chalcedonica) has been one of the most popular cultivated garden flowers for over 300 years. Maltese Cross seeds can be sown indoors or directly outdoors, and the plant can bloom first year if the seeds are started indoors. Also known as Jerusalem Cross, Lychnis Chalcedonica produces rounded umbels of delightful, star-shaped, bright-scarlet flowers on a tall sturdy flowering stems. The extremely showy, brilliant scarlet flowers of Maltese Cross are very eye-catching in the garden, and the dazzling blooms attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds all summer long. "