General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 70-90 cm
Plant Spread: 15-20 cm
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Clusterhead Pink
  • Carthusian Pink
  • Dianthus

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Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2022-06-06
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-07-25
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Havoc Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Havoc Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-07-11
Location: Scampston Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-06-11
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2022-06-06
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2022-06-06
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-07-27
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-22

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
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Location: Botanical Garden Delft (The Netherlands)
Date: 2016-07-16

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-05-04

photo credit: H. Zell

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

photo credit: H. Zell
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On March 17, 2015 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On January 25, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
MrsBinWY On June 1, 2019 Transplanted
On 6-1-2019, planted 7 by 'Happy Days' helianthus & 6 by Ruta graveolens. The ones by the Rue (shaded) never did well (and probably died out very soon afterward).
MrsBinWY On April 21, 2019 Potted up
13
MrsBinWY On December 28, 2018 Seeds germinated
3; 10 up on 1-1-19
MrsBinWY On December 23, 2018 Seeds sown
16 seeds (marked 2017) from ishareflowers in milk jug @ room temp
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