Dianthus 'Mrs. Sinkins'
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Dianthus 'Mrs. Sinkins'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common names: dianthus, garden pink
• flowering season: early summer with rebloom in fall
• height: foliage to 6 or 8 inches tall; flower stems to 18 inches long
• Light requirements: full sun for the best flowering, although the plant will grow in less light
• Soil requirements: average garden soil that is well drained; adding limestone to the soil when planting is appreciated because it enjoys a sweet soil, although it isn't absolutely necessary
• Water requirments: water young plants regularly their first summer; older plants are drought resistant
• Growth habit: a low cushion-shaped plant that spreads moderately
• How to propagate: take tip cuttings in early summer, or peg-down a side shoot after slicing halfway through it with a knife
• Leaf type: narrow glaucous-green leaves 1 to 1½ inches long
• Ways to use it: grows easily in a sunny spot in a garden; shearing back a plant by a third or a half once a year is recommended
• Special characteristics: sweetly fragrant flowers with the scent of cinnamon/cloves
• Other points of interests: an old variety dating from apporoximately the 1860's
This has a pure white, double flower that you will find mentioned often in books from Great Britain. It is sweetly fragrant of cinnamon/cloves. The flower stems are eight to twelve inches long and its leaves are glaucous blue and evergreen. The flowers will flop unless supported by twigs or light “brushwork.” Grows well from USDA Zones 5 - 9.