Cushion soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides) - The flowering carpet for your garden
Give your garden a charming, flowering touch with cushion soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides), a plant that not only delights with its lush flowers, but also with its easy-care nature. This perennial forms a dense, flowering carpet that is perfect for rock gardens, wall crowns or as ground cover. With its bright pink to crimson flowers and dense growth, it attracts everyone's attention and brings colour to your garden from late spring through to summer.
A carpet of flowers - easy to care for and attractive
Cushion soapwort is known for its dense growth habit, which allows it to cover large areas quickly. With a height of only 15 to 20 cm, this plant forms a low, compact carpet that remains attractive all year round thanks to its fresh, green foliage. During the flowering season, this carpet turns into a sea of small, star-shaped flowers that attract bees and butterflies, contributing to the biodiversity of your garden.
The plant prefers sunny to semi-shady locations and thrives best in well-drained, rather dry soil. This makes it an excellent choice for sites that are often too demanding for other plants. Saponaria ocymoides is also extremely easy to care for and requires little attention. Once established, it is even drought-resistant and therefore also suitable for gardens that cannot be watered regularly.
Harmonious interaction with other plants
Cushion soapwort combines wonderfully with other plants to create a colourful and varied garden. It harmonises particularly well with lavender, thyme and other low-growing perennials that have similar habitat requirements. The cushion soapwort also unfolds its full effect in combination with sage (Salvia nemorosa), catmint (Nepeta) or cushion phlox (Phlox subulata). These planting partners support the loose, natural look and ensure a harmonious overall appearance in the garden.
A garden without limits - versatile applications
Saponaria ocymoides is not only an ornamental plant in rock gardens or as a ground cover, but is also ideal for planting on the tops of walls. The plant likes to grow over walls and lets its flowers hang down in picturesque cascades, adding a romantic touch to any garden. The cushion soapwort also comes into its own in planters on the patio or balcony and provides long-lasting flowering magic.
The versatility of cushion soapwort makes it an indispensable part of any garden. It is ideal for natural gardens, which should inspire with their diversity and natural charm, as well as for modern gardens, where it forms a calm, harmonious area as a ground cover rich in contrast.
A must for every garden lover
If you are looking for a low-maintenance, versatile and beautifully flowering plant for your garden, cushion soapwort is the perfect choice. Saponaria ocymoides impresses with its robust nature, its bright flowers and its ability to thrive in difficult locations. Whether as ground cover, in rock gardens, on walls or in planters - this plant will give you many years of pleasure and transform your garden into a flowering paradise.
Our plants are grown in pots and can therefore be planted all year round.
