Dianthus barbatus 'Green Trick' in the Plant ID forum

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Jomama42

Mar 13, 2015 11:20 AM CST

Thread OP

I thought I posted the picture to your FB page. I can't figure out how to post it here.

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plantladylin

Mar 13, 2015 1:10 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Are those stems in a vase of water or planted in soil in the container? My first thought was that it reminded me of Mugo Pine which are sometimes grown as Bonsai but after enlarging the photo I'm not sure:
http://beginnersbonsai.blogspo...

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
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pardalinum

Mar 13, 2015 1:27 PM CST

Name: Connie
Willamette Valley OR (Zone 8a)

I was thinking a bonsai asparagus fern...

hard to tell though.

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Metrosideros

Mar 13, 2015 1:28 PM CST

Name: Dave Paul
Puna, HI (Zone 10b)
Live in a rainforest, get wet feet.

Doesn't branch like a Pine tree.

Can't make out the leaves very well. Can you show a better close-up, clearer photo?

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greene

Mar 13, 2015 1:32 PM CST

Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
I have no use for internet bullies!

Could this be some type of Fennel plant?

It is in a vase of water or is it planted in soil, thank you.

Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"

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Leftwood

Mar 13, 2015 1:51 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Greene has the right idea. Those are single upright herbaceous stems. The "branches" are individual leaves.

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greene

Mar 13, 2015 2:38 PM CST

Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
I have no use for internet bullies!

I am encouraged and will guess again, please.

My brain is thinking it could be the popular florist flower Dianthus Barbatus, an unusually weird variety (

I forgot the proper work for that type of flower deformity.
It is sold as "Green Trick" from Colombia "Green Ball" from Ecuador. The plant does not make seeds.
This is only a guess.

Edited to add:
Just in case my guess is correct, this plant must be grown from plugs not from seeds.

Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"

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chelle

Mar 13, 2015 2:40 PM CST

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

It's a dianthus.

The thread "a strange Dianthus" in Perennials forum

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plantladylin

Mar 13, 2015 3:08 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

@greene This one? Dianthus (Dianthus barbatus Green Trick®)

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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Metrosideros

Mar 13, 2015 3:15 PM CST

Name: Dave Paul
Puna, HI (Zone 10b)
Live in a rainforest, get wet feet.

Definitely a Trick!

I'd never have come up with Dianthus, even if they had tortured me to say it!

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| @Metrosideros | Post #809072 (10)

plantladylin

Mar 13, 2015 3:27 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Metrosideros said:I'd never have come up with Dianthus, even if they had tortured me to say it!

Me either!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #809078 (11)

Leftwood

Mar 13, 2015 4:27 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Oh yes! I had noticed the true leaves that were almost completely hidden, and then proceeded to forget about them!

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

| @Leftwood | Post #809130 (12)

greene

Mar 13, 2015 8:18 PM CST

Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
I have no use for internet bullies!

If it turns out that the Dianthus is the right answer I cannot take any credit. It was a question/request posted a year ago by @bxncbx that urged me to research the plant in the first place.

Edited to add link to the thread:
The thread "Wanted: Dianthus barbartus Green Trick seeds" in Plant and Seed Trading forum

Who could resist such a fuzzy green flower.