Beginner Gardening: Deadheading Dianthus, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
I don't think you can divide your D grationopolitanus as it only has one stem. It can grow quite large up to 3 feet across, personally I use fingers or pruners and clip all the way down to the origonal leaves, helps to hide the flower stem and the plant looks much neater. Usually bath pinks or cheddar pinks bloom late spring- e. summer. Light or mid pink and smell strongly of cloves.....yummmmmm. Have only had a few...ever reseed. Pix 1 & 2. (2 different plants) . Also there is a D. g. Firewitch, same type of flowers and foliage but only gets 4-6" wide.

Dianthus X Loveliness, 14-18" tall X 8-12" wide, blooms late spring -frost if deadheaded. And the fragrance is spectacular!!!! They come in a variety of colors, deep puple, light purple, white, dark pink, light pnik, white with a pink eye zone. Mine were started from seed as I have not seen them sold at the nurseries yet. My seed was obtained from Thompson and Morgan Seeds, some 15 years ago, (t&mseeds.com). Am thinking Burpee also has the seed now. These need to be started indoors under lights in winter. Pix 3.

Dianthus deltoides Zing, late spring bloom. No fragrance, forms a mat and reseeds. Tiny little flowers..1/8-1/4" .
Pix 4.

Does that help any? I've also grown many other varieties.

Good luck and Happy gardening.....Kathy.

pix 5 east side of the border early spring this year, 20 feet X 100 feet.

This message was edited Jul 3, 2012 8:13 PM