Specialty Gardening: Cottage Garden Seed Swap & Chat #12, 1 by Meredith79

Meredith79 wrote:
Hi everyone, I want to ask a question and I don't know where would be the best place, so I hope you don't mind if I ask here. Then if no one knows maybe you can help me figure out the best forum for it. I have noticed in a few yards around here, flowers that look similar to either Sweet William (they look slightly daintier than them though) or none so pretty. They are in full bloom right now and they are about 24" tall but I think a little taller. Their leaves and flower color are very similar to the none so pretty (Silene armeria). One of the yards looked like they had the same flowers in white too. I want to get a picture but I don't want people thinking I am spying on them or something. I think they are perennials because these yards I've seen them in don't have a whole lot of other stuff so they don't seem the types to grow hard to find stuff from seed. I really want to find out what they are so I can grow some for behind my stella d'oros I think that is just what my mailbox garden needs. I've been searching and searching every website I can think of and haven't found anything similar. Thank you for listening and any help.