Dianthus Carthusian Pink Seeds

A graceful perennial producing slender stems topped with clusters of vivid magenta blooms bringing light airy colour to borders meadows and naturalistic plantings.

 

Dianthus Carthusian Pink is a classic wild species valued for its delicate upright habit and long flowering season. The blooms are small but intensely coloured creating a soft flicker of pink above narrow grassy foliage. Plants are drought tolerant once established and thrive in sunny free draining positions making them ideal for gravel gardens prairie style borders and wildlife friendly spaces.

 

This variety flowers steadily through summer and attracts bees and butterflies with its lightly scented blooms.

 

Carthusian Pink is long lived and low maintenance offering reliable structure and colour without overwhelming neighbouring plants. It performs best in lean soils and benefits from being planted in groups for a natural drift effect.

 

Seed Qty Approx 0.5 grams

 

Sowing and planting

Sow indoors from February to April or outdoors from May

Germination takes approximately fourteen to twenty one days at fifteen to twenty degrees Celsius

Grow in free draining soil in full sun

Height forty to sixty centimetres

Spread twenty to thirty centimetres

Flowers from June to September

 

Sowing instructions

Sow seeds on the surface of moist compost and cover lightly

Grow on in bright cool conditions then harden off before planting outdoors

Space plants twenty to thirty centimetres apart for natural airy growth

 

Growing and maintenance

Water during prolonged dry spells

Remove spent blooms to extend flowering

Cut back lightly in autumn to maintain shape

Ideal for meadows gravel gardens and perennial borders

 

Uses and benefits

Vivid magenta blooms

Airy upright habit

Drought tolerant once established

Attracts bees and butterflies

Perfect for naturalistic and wildlife friendly gardens

 

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