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Heavenly scented and charmingly petit, these Clove Pinks add old world charm to gardens and containers. Our three varieties offer a nice selection of color and heights. Dianthus gratianopolitanus Nova (pictured top left) is our largest dianthus sprawling its silvery gray stems and deep dark pink flowers to about a foot. Plant it at the edge of a hanging basket and it will flow over the edge providing color and spicy scent. Dianthus gratianopolitanus Firewitch (pictured top middle left) was the 2006 perennial of the year. More compact, but still fragrant, than Nova it reaches only about 6 inches and has incredible pink flowers that go well with blues. Indeed the foliage is a bluish-silver which is very eye-catching in the garden. As the bouquet below shows, there is quite a difference in the size and color of these two fragrant dianthus. The large pink flowers are the Nova and the smaller purple flowers are Firewitch. |
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Dianthus gratianopolitanus Tiny Rubies
(pictured top middle right) is so small Barbie would be right at home with
it in her garden. It also makes a nice groundcover for us giants. The teeny
pink flowers cover the light green tufts which spread to about eight inches
or more as time goes by. It is only about two or three inches tall,
depending on how much sun it gets. The sunnier the site the shorter it stays. Dianthus caropyhyllus Chomley Farran (pictured on right) has a large fragrant outrageously colored red and lavender flower. Three inch long silvery leaves and long branches make this one of the largest and most cherished Dianthus. |
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All of our clove scented Dianthus varieties would make a great addition to our Zone 5 Fragrant Herb Garden. |
Cultural Information Height: Nova: 1 Foot Hardiness: Perennial Flower Color: Shades of pink Characteristics: Sun/ Uses: Fragrant Ornamental, |
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