Dianthus have long been a firm favourite, and an immediately recognisable choice for generations of gardeners.
Dianthus have everything, beauty, durability and sensual heady perfume. Neat domes of weed-suppressing foliage are
covered with pretty, scented blooms from late spring to autumn.
Also known as Pinks, according to tradition, they sprang up from the tears Mary shed as she followed her son to Calvary.
The low, creeping, evergreen foliage creates wonderful weed-suppressing groundcover and is slug, deer and rabbit resistant;
while the blooms are much loved by our pollinating friends, the bees and butterflies. Dianthus are drought tolerant and unfussy
on soil conditions, happily flourishing in sun or part shade. Dianthus are fully hardy perennials so can be left overwinter to be
enjoyed during the following summers.
When To Plant
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