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Author:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
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Author:Letrek
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Author:"pastilletes"/Joan Simon, Barcelona, EspaÃ±a
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Growing Info

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 12 hours

Stratification: warm statify for 2 to 4 weeks, cold stratify for 4 weeks, maintain even moisture during stratification

Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed

Other: will germinate in 14-60 days

Native to: Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced to: Alabama, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

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Saponaria officinalisSaponaria officinalis

Bouncing Bet, Bouncingbet, Soapwort

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Saponaria officinalis

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2.62 lb

Details

Germination:

98%

Germination test:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Seeds per lb:

316,800

Quantity:

2.62 lb

Collected in:

Hungary

Crop year:

2022

Min. hardiness zone:

Item ID:

1832318

Characteristics

Growing Info

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 12 hours

Stratification: warm statify for 2 to 4 weeks, cold stratify for 4 weeks, maintain even moisture during stratification

Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed

Other: will germinate in 14-60 days

Native

Introduced

In a Nutshell:

* Common Soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) is a vespertine flower , and a common perennial plant from the carnation family ( Caryophyllaceae ). Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William, locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. more...

* An herbaceous perennial, erect, with 3/4"white or pinkish fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and in the leaf axils, blooms throughout summer, spreads by creeping rhizomes, roots used as a soap substitute, grows on roadsides, native to Europe, but widely naturalized in the eastern U.S. Roots & seeds are poisonous.

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the production of a more fluid mucus within the respiratory passages[ more...