I love dianthus and this one is tops for me. It bloomed nearly continuously last year despite heat, humidity, strong winds, dry soil, an...Read Mored occasional severe storms. I didn't deadhead it (I wanted to save seeds to pass along to friends) and still it bloomed with vigor. This year I'm growing more of them that I've scattered around my hot, windy, sloped garden and they are all doing well so far. No wonder Allwood was the king of dianthus breeding.
Evergreen here. Smells different than other pinks...more sweet & flowery than like cloves. Smell is better when lime is added. Also, it's...Read More better to group plants. Gets better every year. If deadheaded, blooms for a long time. Will always be in my garden.
My raingow loveliness mix seemed to contain alot of whites.... Dianthus superbus is a great easy care plant for the front of the border...Read More.... It is nice to plant where you can enjoy its fragrance.... plants are low to the ground and fragrance is not so strong that it is a strong wafter.... however if you plant en masse you can smell them from a few feet away.... very different fragrance from most dianthus. Not spicy or clovey hardly at all.... powder and perfumery with a lily of the valley note in the background.... smells like a women's perfume.... the blossoms are lovely "frilled" and large compared to some dianthus about silver dollar size around.... Very nice and easy care (in well drained soil) Highly recommended!
Rainbow Loveliness was somewhere before the second world war cultivated by the famous Dianthus grower Allwood. Rainbow came from a cross ...Read Morebetween the classical and wonderfull scented D. Sweet Wivelsfield and Dianthus superbus. Rosemary Verey (1919 – 2001) tells in her book The Scented Garden "..To me, the ultimate in perfection in garden scents is D. 'Loveliness'..".
I have Rainbow loveliness in my garden too and it's blooming in very pale shades of pink and white. It has truly a lovely scent. When I go out I sometimes put one flower under the button of my coat or blouse and its scent, though the flower has faded, is with me whole day.
I also love her greygreen foliage.
Though I find the name a bit fussy, the plant is impressive. This dianthus never fails to winter over in our quirky Southcentral Alaskan ...Read Moreclimate. The shaggy petals of the blooms look best in groupings, and they are an interesting change of texture around other, larger blooms, such as lilies, that tend to bloom at the same time.
Superb pink has narrow mid-green leaves forming an evergreen mat 8-inches wide and up to 18 inches tall. Lilac-pink flowers with deeply ...Read Morefringed petals are produced in mid-summer. The sweet fragrance makes them an excellent choice for cutting.
'Rainbow Loveliness' is a mix of reds, pinks, white and lavender many with contrasting eyes.
I love dianthus and this one is tops for me. It bloomed nearly continuously last year despite heat, humidity, strong winds, dry soil, an...Read More
Evergreen here. Smells different than other pinks...more sweet & flowery than like cloves. Smell is better when lime is added. Also, it's...Read More
My raingow loveliness mix seemed to contain alot of whites.... Dianthus superbus is a great easy care plant for the front of the border...Read More
Rainbow Loveliness was somewhere before the second world war cultivated by the famous Dianthus grower Allwood. Rainbow came from a cross ...Read More
Though I find the name a bit fussy, the plant is impressive. This dianthus never fails to winter over in our quirky Southcentral Alaskan ...Read More
Superb pink has narrow mid-green leaves forming an evergreen mat 8-inches wide and up to 18 inches tall. Lilac-pink flowers with deeply ...Read More