Topic: Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) not flowering

[Georgie]

I grew a couple of plants from seed in 2006 and last year they put on a fine display of flowers over the summer.  This year I've not had one.   :(   I cut them down last autumn and there is plenty of new foliage.  The only feed they have had is a top dressing of slow release organic fertilizer in the spring.  They are in 10" pots in semi shade.  Any ideas please?

G x

[froglets]

Hi Georgie,

Only thing I can suggest is that as I normally see it growing on coastal scrub land and poor soil areas is that it might be getting too many nutrients & only putting on foliar growth.

I would  treat it as an alpine & apart from avoiding waterlogging or getting covered by leaves in autumn, just let it do it's thing.

Cheers

[lorna]

Can't help Georgie but one of mine which you gave me has 3 nice flowering stems. It is in a flower bucket and I put 2 little slow release feed cones in the bucket. It is against the back wall of my bungalow which gets sun (joke) until late afternoon.

[Georgie]

Thanks Froglets.  I did wonder whether they were getting too many nutrients, even though they are in the same compost as last year.

Glad yours are doing well, Lorna.   :)

G x