Dianthus (Dianthus × hybridus) — annual flower.
Carnation (Dianthus × hybridus) – annual flower. Dianthus offers fragrant, often fringed flowers in pink, red and white, decorative in beds and pots.
Benefits
Seasonal care
- Spring: Start of the growing season: apply a suitable fertiliser and provide sun or partial shade.
- Summer: Water consistently, without excess.
- Autumn: Autumn is a good time for planting; gradually reduce watering.
- Winter: Frost-hardy – overwinters outdoors. Prune in late winter if needed.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Dianthus × hybridus
- Botanical family: Caryophyllaceae
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Exposure: Sun / partial shade
- Placement: Outdoors
- Growth rate: Fast
- Minimum temperature: -15 °C
- Drought resistance: Low
- Mature height: 20-40 cm
- Mature width: 20-35 cm
- Flowering period: May–October
- Flower colour: Mixed
- Fragrance: Pleasant
- Soil: Fertile, well drained
- pH: 6,0-7,0
- Watering: Moderate to high
- Fertilising: Every 1–2 weeks while in flower
- Pruning: Removing spent flowers
- Mulching: Optional
- Product code: 4014525
- EAN code: 6420384014525
Warnings
- Frost-sensitive
- Flowers more abundantly if you remove spent blooms
Frequently asked questions
Does it survive winter outdoors?
Yes, it is frost-hardy and overwinters outdoors without problems in Romania.
What exposure and watering does it prefer?
Sun / partial shade; moderate to high watering. Dianthus offers fragrant, often fringed flowers in pink, red and white, decorative in beds and pots.
When does it flower?
Flowering period: May–October.
