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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saponaria ocymoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saponaria ocymoides, Linn. Sts. much-branched, 6-9 in. high, half-trailing: lvs. ovate-lanceolate, about 1-nerved, small, acute: fls. bright pink, in loose, broad cymes. Summer. Eu. B.M. 154. Gn. 60, p. 245; 78, pp. 319, 593. G 35:841. G.M.56:433;57:651. G.W.8, p. 1; 15, pp. 8,647. Var. alba, Hort., is a form with pure white fls., in reality a hybrid between two forms of the species. Var. floribunda, Hort., is a form more profusely fld. than the type, with lvs. small and lanceolate and fls. soft pink. Gn.W. 25:67. Var. splendens, Hort., has large fls. which are a more intense rose than the type. Var. splendidissima, Hort., has large deep rosy crimson fls. Var. versicolor, Hort., is a form in which the fls. are at first pure white later becoming rose. A cross between a white-flowering variety and var. splendens. R.H. 1913, p. 303. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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