Soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Description

Also called Bouncing Bet, an Elizabethan term for a laundress. Native to Eastern Europe, found in the wild along riverbanks and in the woods. Soapwort is easy to establish in the garden using either seed or planting out, and features pale pink flowers in clusters which attract bees, butterflies and hummingbird moths. Ht 24in (60cm).

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