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  • Dianthus arpadianus

    Small pale pink flowers sit above short clumps of evergreen foliage  

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    Small pale pink flowers sit above short clumps of evergreen foliage

    Size: 3” x 3”
    Care: full sun in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Greece & Turkey

    Collected before 1934

  • Dianthus gratianopolitanus Cheddar pink

    Sun in well drained soil Z 3-8

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    Summer, deep pink, fragrant flowers atop 6″ tall mounds of slender, silvery blue foliage.

    Size: 6" x 16"
    Care: Sun, moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
    Native: Northwest and central Europe

    Theophrastus named Dianthus in the 4th century B.C., meaning “Jove’s flower.”  The common name “pink” is from “pinct” referring to the jagged edge of the petals.  Name “cheddar” from the Cheddar Gorge in England. American cultivation since 1800’s. Received England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

  • Dianthus myrtinervius Albanina pink Z 4-9

    Dark pink “pinks” with pale centers spring from dwarf cushions in early summer on this alpine.

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    Dark pink “pinks” with pale centers spring from dwarf cushions in early summer on this alpine.

    Size: 4” x 6”
    Care: sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Albania

    Theophrastus named Dianthus in the 4th century B.C., meaning “Jove’s flower.” The common name “pink” is from “pinct” referring to the jagged edge of the petals.   In 1629 John Parkinson described the Dianthus:”There remain divers sorts of wild or small Gilloflowers (which wee usually call Pinkes) to be entreated of, some bearing single, and some double flowers, some smooth, almost without any deepe dents on the edges, and some ragged, or as it were feathered. Some growing upright like unto Gilloflowers, others creeping… some of one colour, some of another, and many of divers colours.” This species collected before 1843.

  • Dianthus petraeus Z 4-8

    Evergreen foliage with fragrant, serrated, solitary white flowers in mid-summer

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    Evergreen foliage with fragrant, serrated, solitary white flowers in mid-summer

    Size: 4-6” x 6-8”
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Mountain ranges of Central Europe
    Wildlife Value: Deer Resistant

    Collected before 1823

  • Dianthus subacaulis Pyrenees pink Z 5-9

    Blue-grey, tight, flat foliage, spreads to form a carpet with single pink flowers held above the leaves in spring.

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    Blue-grey, tight, flat foliage, spreads to form a carpet with single pink flowers held above the leaves in spring.

    Size: foliage 1”, flowers 2” x 12”
    Care: sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Pyrenees mountains

    1st described in literature in Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné, 1789.

  • Dianthus sylvestris Woodland pink Z 4-8

    Five, jagged-edged pink petals early summer on this sweet, fragrant flower.

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    Five, jagged-edged pink petals early summer on this sweet, fragrant flower.

    Size: 10” x 10”
    Care: full sun in dry, well-drained soil
    Native: Moutains of Central & So. Europe

    Bailey wrote: “pretty perennial border plant.”  Collected before 1787.

  • Draba ramosissima Branched draba Z 5-8

    Spring to early summer white clusters

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    Spring to early summer white clusters held above the spider-like foliage on wiry stems.

    Size: 6-12” x 12-15”
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Appalachian Mountains in SE US

    Collected by 1815.

  • Dracocephalum ruyschianum Northern dragonhead, Siberian dragonhead Z 4-8

    Mound of deep sky blue, snapdragon-like flowers, July-September over narrow rosemaryish leaves

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    Mound of deep sky blue, snapdragon-like flowers, July-September over narrow rosemaryish leaves.

    Size: 12- 18” x 12-18”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: China
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant

    Collected before 1753. Dracocephalum means “dragonhead” in Greek.