Dianthus 'Raspberry Swirl'
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Dianthus 'Raspberry Swirl' (PP# 14,377)• 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; this flower tends to be everblooming throughtout the summer
• 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
• Water requirments: tends to be drought resistant once a plant is well established; water new plants regularly their first summer
• 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: for a sunny garden; shearing back a plant by a third or a half once a year is recommended
• Special characteristics: its season of flowering is longer than most dianthuses
• Other points of interests: richly scented flowers
For us this dianthus flowers much longer than the other dianthuses listed here, non-stop from early summer onto fall. In warmer places a plant may rest during the middle of summer and rebloom again in fall. Young flowers open with colors of light pink and deep maroon that change as they age, with the light pink turning to pure white. Each flower lasts a very long time before fading, and is exceptionally fragrant. The plant is low with leaves of gray-green. This is a newer plant bred in England. Hardy to USDA Zones 5 - 9.