Saponaria
Soapwort
Naturals for the rockery or a well drained border, their paired leaves promise a lengthy profusion of flowers in showy clusters. These low growing European charmers like a lean soil.
Saponaria x lempergii ‘Max Frei’ (P-0133)
Each $9.75
Pretty, open bouquets of pure pink, 1 in. wide blossoms blanket ‘Max Frei’s noninvasive mass of slender and shiny green leaves nearly all summer long. Let this superlative Swiss hybrid spill over the edge of a bed, beautify a rock wall, or act as a colorful, small-scale ground cover.
Blooms June–October
Size: 12" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 5.
Nestled on tidy, tight green evergreen cushions of very thin, succulentlike foliage, the myriad, nearly stemless blooms in ravishing rose-red hues stage an unbeatable display. Tuck Polish Soapwort into a crevice and you’ll soon see why this pumilio and caespitosa hybrid is touted as one of the most superb, freely flowering additions for the rockery.
Blooms June–July.
Size: 3" – 4" high x 12" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
