Alamosa Flowers: San Luis Valley, Colorado


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Saponaria ocymoides

Soapwort produces lovely mounds of small pink blossoms in early summer. They can reseed more than you might like!

 

Soapwort

Saponaria ocymoides

Type: groundcover   Zone: 1,2,3,4,5,6 - ?

Elevation (if known):

Color: pink   Height: 6 - 16 in

Ease of growth: easy

Bloom Time : Late Spring, Summer

Sun: yes   Part Shade: no   Shade: no

Water Needs: low

Native to:    CO/NM native? no

Deer Resistant: yes   Rabbit Resistant : no

Soil : Average

Propagation: Divisions, reseeds

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