Along the front of a small, curving border, dianthus "Firewitch" bloomed profusely throughout spring into early summer. Deep pink-violet blooms were so vivid against green foliage that the plants ...

SPECIES: Dianthus (di-an’thus) plumarius (pluma’ri-us). This herbaceous perennial was one of most beloved eastern European cottage garden flowers in 18th century. Cottage pinks, sometimes called grass ...

Pink is an easy colour to use in perennial borders and rock gardens and the genus Dianthus provides for plenty of pinks. Flowers may be single, semi-double or double; single forms have five petals.

‘Given the choices— real estate, gambling, aerobics or television — dianthus addiction seems a delightfully fresh direction for 20th century compulsives.” I know Katherine Whitesides was right about ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

Although flowering peaks in spring, newer varieties will also repeat flower if you keep them dead-headed and fertilised. The cut flowers have a long vase life and let you enjoy the fragrance indoors.

Dianthus, which means "flower of the gods," is well named. Its flowers are edible as well as deliciously fragrant. I like to use Dianthus as border plants. Foliage color ranges from dark green to pale ...

Dianthus is a broad group of plants that includes carnations, pinks, sweet Williams and the numerous hybrids between them. They all share the common features of needing sunshine and free-draining soil ...

Something special is growing in my garden, an unexpected treasure. I love seed packets for their retro beauty, so I'm often extracting the seeds (without damaging the package) and planting them in my ...