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Saponaria ocymoides
Saponaria ocymoides
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4-5" x 15-18" wide. Pink Soapwort is a wonderful Old World wildflower that carpets the late spring garden with a multitude of bright pink flowers. A vigorous groundcover, Soapwort readily reseeds itself and naturalizes in the garden. A prompt shearing, as the flowers fade, keeps it tidy and prevents reseeding. A superior ground cover, Soapwort is a particularly good choice for cold, short season areas of the inter-mountain West. It grows readily in almost any soil including clay. (seed propagated). Can tolerate occasional foot traffic
Flat of 32 plants will cover 40-48 square feet when planted together
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Neonicotinoid Free
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Overall rating: 4.5454545 / 5 from 11 reviews.
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My favorite ground cover!
"I love this. It's beautiful in bloom, but also a pretty green ground cover when not in bloom."
A winner in my garden
"This little plant can take the intense sunlight at 9000 feet"
Good results so far, very hopeful
"Received and planted at the top of a bank in front of my house with full sun (southern exposure). They all arrived in May in good condition and I haven't killed any of them yet. (July) They were doing well when the deer came by for a nibble. The deer even pulled one of the plants out of the ground…twice! I re-planted it each time and it's still alive! The others have grown back bigger and better. I didn't expect any blooms this year, but am glad to see healthy plants. I am anxious to see how they over-winter here in NW Oregon. If they do well, i will likely buy more!"
Beautiful plants
"Lovely little plants. Unfortunately, despite following instructions precisely, 3/4 died. It is very difficult to get anything to grow in my yard, though, I live in N. Texas and we have extreme weather and terrible soil."
never again
"didn't survive - grew well for a while and then became yellowed and scragly"
Long showy bloomer
"I bought 2 of these a couple years back - the first summer they bloomed for about a month in late spring. This year they started blooming in May, and it's early August and they have not stopped. They went through a lull with fewer blooms in mid July but now they are back at full capacity. The plants need no care at all or extra water even in a dry sunny spot in my Denver garden. They started out tiny but have grown to nice full mound about 1. 5 feet across. I will be buying more!"
Used successfully for 10 years.
"Bought 16 plants two years ago. All are alive and well. First bloom showed up yesterday and these plants will soon put on a beautiful show. Not very common in western PA where we live but it does very well here."
Proven performer
"Wonderful ground cover with minimal effort. I have had my original plants in the ground for nearly ten years. Finally, this past year, I have had a couple original plants ""give up the ghost. "" I rely on self-seeding to keep the most of the holes between plants filled in. I usually remove the dead plant material from the mounds in the early Spring and the plants come back nicely. My situation: 6000 feet in high desert conditions. About 14 inches of precip a year. I do supplement with water, but very sparingly. The plants are located on the north side of a terrace wall, so get very little sun. Clay soil. I've tried vinca and a couple other varieties in this area and they just can't take it like the Saponaria."
Tough-as-nails, underappreciated garden workhorse
"Few truly useful garden plants are as tough or as undemanding as Saponaria ocymoides. Plant a small seedling in reasonably well-drained soil (including cracks in concrete or stone walls), water it the first month or so, then forget it. It will be straggly and insubstantial at first, but in a couple of years it will be a lush mound as much as 90 cm across, completely covered in pink flowers for almost a month in late spring. When the main flush of bloom is over, cut it back or do like me and wait until the seed heads have dried, at which point it's easy to just pull them out, leaving a core mound that will soon look fresh and neat the rest of the year. If you do wait until the seed heads have matured, you'll have lots of volunteer seedlings, but they grow very slowly and are easy to pull out. Perfectly well adapted to the wet winters and dry summers of the Pacific Northwest. Incredibly drought-tolerant. Does not spread by runners. Loves alkaline soils, but also does just fine in slightly acidic ones. There's also a white form, which is slightly less vigorous but blooms at roughly the same time and contrasts nicely with the pink form."
Have not had good results with them
"Used in flower garden but have not had good results with them over a year"