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  • 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 pinifolius Pineleaf garden pink Z 4-9

    Crimson clusters on wiry stems high above narrow-leaved, glaucous foliage, blooming in late spring to early summer

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    Crimson clusters on wiry stems high above narrow-leaved, galucious foliage, blooming in late spring to early summer

    Size: 12” x 6”
    Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Balkan Peninsula & Romania

    Described before 1796.

  • 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.

  • Dicentra eximia syn Lamprocapnos , Fringed bleeding heart Z 4-8

    May to October, dangling rose pink heart-shaped panicles

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    May to October dangling rose pink heart-shaped panicles among fern-like, grey-green foliage.  They appear delicate but are not.

    Size: 8” x 8”
    Care: Part shade, moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Mountains from New York to Georgia
    Wildlife Value: Nectar source for hummingbirds & White swallowtail butterfly.

    Dicentra derived from Greek dis meaning two and kentros meaning spurs. Introduced to gardens by Quaker planthunter and nurseryman John Bartram (1699-1777) in mid-1700’s.   Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908.

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  • Dicentra spectablis Alba syn Lamprocapnos spectabilis White bleeding heart Z 3-9

    Dangling alabaster, heart shaped blossoms

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    May – June Legendary dangling alabaster, heart shaped blossoms. One of the best.

    Size: 36" x 18"
    Care: Part shade to shade in moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Japan

    Dicentra derived from Greek dis meaning “two” and kentros meaning “spurs.” The white form in gardens in the West 1877.