Wildflower Wednesday: Soapwort

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I'm pushing the boundaries today but I have a special reason for choosing Soapwort. Maybe it's not so much a wildflower as an old-fashioned flower. And maybe this flower isn't really Soapwort? In doing some research online, the pictures I'm seeing of Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) blooms don't in any way resemble the plant I have! Maybe mine is a double variety or maybe it's something different altogether?

I chose it today because it's pink, which was my daughter Hayley's favorite color in her younger years. 21 years ago today, I met my baby girl for the first time. She's put me through the full gamut of the emotional spectrum over those 21 years and I think she'd agree that our journey together hasn't always been easy for either of us. I think she'd also agree, though, that it's been wonderful and amazing. She's very different than the daughter I always imagined I would have and I am SO glad of it: she's a vastly more interesting and engaging person than I'd ever dreamed. Happy Birthday, Hay-Hay!

Thanks to Gail at Clay and Limestone for hosting Wildflower Wednesday!

Comments

Gail said…
It's a good looking pink and I am way curious to see which plant it is!

I hope her birthday was rocking! gail
May 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Cindy, MCOK said…
Thanks, Gail! I hope I can figure out what the heck it is.
May 31, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Anonymous said…
Hi Cindy, I transplanted a very similar plant from the roadside here in Nova Scotia! I thought I had seen it in one of my gardening books and when I looked it up found it was a double flowering Soapwort. I thought perhaps the many plants had blown into the ditch, but Internet reading mentions it could be a native plant.

I would say yours is certainly Soapwort! Try rubbing the leaves in warm water to see whether you get suds and that should do the trick!
October 27, 2011 at 11:11 AM
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