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Young specimen in our rock garden Common name rock soapwort Family caryophyllaceae Life cycle perennial (Z4-8) Flowers purple Size 8" Light full sun Cultural notes well-drained garden soil From seed germinates at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below Even though it sporadically reseeds, I lost my original crop somehow (perhaps to drainage problems in a wet winter), and missed its mounds of flowers late Spring in my 2003 garden. So I traded for new seed, and am looking forward to re-establishing this charming sprawler in my garden. Then I found one remaining plant on our berm (a free-for-all of out-of-control plants and shrubs), so I hadn't lost them all after all. But I don't mind having a few more!

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: berm

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	hort.net gallery	massed flower close-up
	hortiplex	nice photo of plant cascading across rock wall (click to enlarge)

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Seed-starting details for this plant

1998. Commercial seed. Cellpack 70F (75%G, 7d)
2004. Seed from '03 trade. Baggy, 65F (84%G, 8-10d)

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