General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 6-9 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Cow Cockle
  • Dairy Pink
  • Cow Herb
  • Cow Basil
  • Cow Fat
  • Cow Soapword
  • Glond
  • Soapwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Vaccaria hispanica
  • Synonym: Saponaria hispanica
  • Synonym: Saponaria perfoliata
  • Synonym: Saponaria vaccaria

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Uploaded by Corber
Uploaded by MrsBinWY

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-07-24
Uploaded by MrsBinWY
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Uploaded by MrsBinWY
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Uploaded by robertduval14
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Not Saponaria officinalis 'Flore Pleno' by growitall Mar 30, 2014 1:54 PM 5

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