Dianthus :
Gorgeous Kinds forBorders and Rock Gardens(Dianth’us )
This authoritative grouping of hardy plant let in all the Pinks and Carnations as well as the Sweet William and provide many delightful garden flowers . Dianthus belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae . The name is derived from dios , divine , andanthos , a flower ; the name is said to have been give by Theophrastus because of the charm and fragrance of the flowers .
The several types of plants belonging to this group or genus are found raving mad in various part of the Earth . Dianthus Caryophyllus , from which the Carnation is descend , is a indigene of southerly Europe . Dianthus barbatus , the Sweet William , grows violent in the Mediterranean region . Dianthus chinensis , the plant from which the flamboyant mixture of Indian and Chinese Pinks , so popular for summer flower beds , are descended , is a indigene of China . The Alpine Pinks , which are grown in the rock garden , are find wild principally on the European Alps . In this work the cultivation of the various types is dealt with singly under their respective drift . See Carnations ; Pinks ; Sweet Williams .
Alpine or Rock Pinks . Many of the specie of Dianthus from the alpine region are delightful free - blooming plant for the careen garden , and the most vigorous of them are desirable for implant along the front of a blossom boundary line . They need a position fully queer to the fair weather , and most of them brandish in well - drained spirited or arenaceous ground carry lime . They are not happy in ill - drained heavy ground or in a shady place . Some Alpine Pinks are more unmanageable to handle than others , and they can handily be separated into two groups — those which pop the question no difficulty if found in well - drained or light grime , and others which want rather special intervention . All may be planted in autumn or bounce . The Alpine Pinks thrive in the chap of a dry wall , and the most difficult of them should be tried in a moraine or scree bed .
The following rock garden Pinks are the easiest to make out . The most popularis Dianthusgratianopolitanus , the Cheddar Pink . It is a magical small tufted works , 6 in . or so high , and birth a profuseness of pink wine - colour bloom . There are miscellanea ingest peak of different shades of rose wine and rose crimson .
Dianthus arenarius , the sand - loving Pink , 6 in . , hold white bloom check with cardinal or purplish . Dianthus deltoides , the Maiden Pink , is a works of low or trailing growth with low rose - pink blooms . There are several distinct miscellanea of it , notably Brilliant , bright rose wine ; albus , white ; superbus , purple - red ; and Wisley variety , red with purple eye .
Dianthus graniticus is similar to the Maiden Pink but has magnanimous blossom and is not of such compact increment . Dianthus fragrans bears lily-white , sweetly odoriferous flowers ; Dianthus petraeus ( Kitaibelii ) has lift - colored blooms ; has narrow leaves and bears small blanched flowers ; the Fringed Pink , Dianthus superbus , grows 31 in . high and yield a profuseness of moderately enceinte , laciniate , sweetly scented flower in bloodless and various shade of rosiness .
Then there are the varieties of Dianthus plumarius , the unwashed Cottage Pink , which grow 10 - 12 in . high-pitched and bear flower of various color . These are more vigorous than most of the others , but are very beautiful when massed on the high parts of the rock-and-roll garden . The doubly - flowered hybrid Pinks are not usually long live , and must be propagate by cuttings . The o.k. diversity is one named Napoleon III , which has copious crimson blooms .
For the Moraine . The following miniaturePinksare beautiful little plant which are suitable for the moraine or scree , or for the rock candy garden if implant in the soil recommended .
The Alpine Pink , Dianthus alpinus , is a small flora with comparatively large , bright rose - colour in bloom which are very beautiful . A well - debilitate soil lie in of loam with limestone chip add very freely become it . It is felicitous in a slightly less sunny place than most other Pinks . Dianthus callizonus , quite a small flora , bears brightly colored blooming of cherry-red crimson : it is most potential to flourish in a mixture of loamy grime with which gumption , sand and a few stones have been assorted , but it is not usually long - lived . Dianthus glacialis is a little industrial plant which bears rose - colored blooms of comparatively large size . It should be planted in the moraine or in very farinaceous soil write of loam and noncalcareous stone chips in a positioning which is shaded during the hottest part of the day .
Dianthus neglectus has minute , almost grass like foliage , stem 4 - 5 in . gamy and blooms of shades of rose or carmine . This will brandish in the moraine or in gritty loamy land and peat in the rock garden .
Others are Dianthus sylvestris and Dianthus microlepis , both with rose - colored blooms , and which should be planted in a moraine or scree , or in a compost of loam and Harlan Fiske Stone chips .
Dianthus Sweet WivelsfieldThis sturdy annual is a loan-blend prevail by hybridize between Dianthus Allwoodii and the Sweet William . It get large trusses of flowers in a lovely range of colors , their centers zone in a dark spectre . The habit of growing is bushy , yet free and graceful , rising to about 12 in . It has become popular in all parts of the humans where the Dianthus can be farm . There is a dual strain of Sweet Wivelsfield identical in all respect with its parent except that it has a fully double prime . Both the singleand double - flowered Sweet Wivelsfields come true from seed , and are easy to erect , and blossom the first yr .
Dianthus Sweetness , a clean recent introduction , bring forth abundant trusses of bloom in shades range from deep red to white , flesh pink to deep salmon , crimson to ruby red — almost all colors except yellow-bellied . The flora mature from 9 to 18 in . high and are easy bring up from seed . It is an annual with a tenacious flowering period .
Dianthus latifolius Hybrids . This group of intercrossed Dianthus include a phone number of attractive easily grown kind that are well suitable for planting at the front of a cheery border and in rock gardens . They maturate 6 - 9 in . tall and flower throughout the summer and fly high in any ordinary stain that is well drain . They are easy diffuse by slip in a cold build in previous outflow or former summer . Best - known smorgasbord are Beatrix ( sometimes misspelled Beatrice)withdouble , clear pink efflorescence and Silver Mine , similar but with unadulterated bloodless flowers .
Dianthus Allwoodiiis a name make to a intercrossed race of plants that originated in England ascrossesbetween a garden mixture of Carnation and Dianthus plumarius . The hybrid progeny are very varying in colour , height and other gadget characteristic . A number of low - growing , free - flowering selections have been given varietal names . They require the same finish as garden Pinks .
