The glossy leaves of soapwort and finely textured carpets of Turkish speedwell stay green for most of the winter. |
Pinks with lavender blooms spill around drifts of pink-flowered soapwort and rosy pink drumsticks of common thrift. |
Today you can source soapwort from herbalists, some heath food stores and herb specialty shops, or purchase it mail order from Newton's Pharmacy. |
The herbaceous layer is dominated by greater stitchwort, herb-robert and rock soapwort. |
I had wormwood, soapwort, dill, yarrow, tarragon, chives, rosemary, lavender, angelica, many kinds of basil and thymes. |
Saponaria ocymoides is one of the soapworts, known as Tumbling Ted, which is probably not a name a drug company would have chosen from choice. |