A delicate and airy cool-season cut-flower filler, annual saponaria (Gypsophila vaccaria) is easy to grow with sturdy stems. Also known as cow soapwort.

Delightful, rose pink, phlox-like flowers are held in loose sprays. Blooms cover the plants in May and June. Soapwort is a terrific ground cover, or allow plants spill over the side of raised beds. Needs good drainage. Winter hardy to zone 2. Packet is 1 gram, about 450 seeds. Sow seed in 2 in. pots or cell packs, press into soil and lightly cover.

Buy Saponaria Pink Beauty Seeds to grow darling, 3/4" to 1" inch, rosy-mauve flowers on strong, wiry, blue-gray stems avg 24" to 30" in. tall. Popular as filler flower in floral arrangements with excellent, airy, textural component. Also known as Soapwort.

These herbaceous perennials and annuals are celebrated for their delicate, star-shaped flowers in shades of pink, white, or purple, which bloom from late spring through summer. Saponaria adds a soft, naturalistic touch to rock gardens, borders, and wildflower meadows.

Saponaria Officinalis Seeds (50+ seeds) (Bouncing Bett, Soapwort) - Plant World Seeds. This ancient member of the carnation family, "Bouncing Bett", should be in every cottage garden and will form long-lived, slowly-spreading clumps which display sprays of sweetly perfumed pink flowers which are produced from spring until late autumn.

Buy Saponaria seeds. Also known as Soapwort or Tumbling Ted, Redemption Seeds offers both the perennial ground cover and annual flowering varieties. Annual Saponaria is a popular cut flower and makes a gorgeous delicate loose stemmed addition to any garden setting.