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Tania
4th January 2009, 12:24 PM
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pretty flowers which are easy to grow
Description:
Cool-weather annuals, biennials, or perennials, their many fringed flowers look as if they were trimmed with pinking shears, winning them their common name. Sweetly clove-scented flowers have a velvety or satiny sheen. Colors include pink, rose, red, purple and white in pure or bicolor flowers with distinctively marked eyes or frosting.

Plant Type: Annual

Bloom Season: Early Summer through Late Summer - in else part its from july upto september

Flower Color: Red, white, pink, purple

Height: 6 in. to 8 in. (30 - 50 cm)

Width: 8 in.

Sunlight: Full Sun :sunny: N- according to the romanian site they like the shadow.

Notes: Thrives in Dry Climates, Hot Climates. Container Plants, Drought Tolerant, Long Blooming, Low Maintenance, Showy Flowers.

This excellent bedding variety is regarded as one of the best strains among the new generation of hybrid bedding Dianthus. A biennial or short-lived perennial in warmer areas, this free-flowering variety produces bushy plants, which flower throughout the summer and well into autumn. Deadhead to prolong blooms.


from: http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_plants/dianthus/dianthus_2319.php

farah
5th February 2009, 02:53 AM
Drought Tolerant, Long Blooming, Low Maintenance, Showy Flowers

Perfect option - may give it to my grandfather to take to Pakistan his garden could do with more colours

Tania
5th February 2009, 08:38 AM
I bought only one pack with 300 seeds and the instructions on the pack are:
plant in may, between plants must be 15x20 cm, remove the death flowers and will bloom from july upto october. Fine for me :) They need a well drained soil, without too much water. Not too much fertiliser either.

farah
5th February 2009, 12:41 PM
will they grow in your climate?

Tania
5th February 2009, 12:51 PM
Yes :) In shops you can find only seeds for our country climate. So i am not worried for that. I am more concerned for the soil composition.