General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Salt tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Moths and Butterflies
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| Containers: |
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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- Carnation
- Dianthus
- Clove Pink
Posted by
lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 2, 2015 11:36 PM concerning plant:
Beautiful, fragrant, long-lasting blooms. They needed staking in my yard; were otherwise prostrate on the ground, since they were a small first-year clump. Probably too wet in my clay although they had plenty of sun.
I was never really a carnation lover--I always thought of them as cheap stand-ins for roses--but when I learned they can be fragrant I decided to give these a try since they were pretty (for carnations, I thought). But I was pleasantly surprised, since I actually winter sowed these and they bloomed the first year--not much, but worth the small starter clump--and by the end of the year I was actually proud that I'd grown "real" carnations, and they're a whole different creature than the ones found at the store.
Plant Events from our members
| lovesblooms |
On July 30, 2015 |
Bloomed |
| lovesblooms |
On March 18, 2015 |
Plant emerged |
| Username |
From January 16, 2020 to March 9, 2020 |
Seeds sown
SET OUT 03/09/20;ROOT BOUND-START LATER,SET OUT EARLIER |
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