"Dianthus chinensis - Annual Pink"

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Height: 18 in (45 cm)

Spacing: 12 in (30 cm)

Type: annual

Flowers: Pink, red, white.

Growing Annual Pinks

Comments: Annual Pinks are easy to grow, useful for edging, and as a source of cut flowers. They like fertile, well-drained, alkaline soil and a sunny location. Remove old flowers as they fade for best bloom production. Dianthus responds to fertilizer during the growing and blooming period.

Propagation

The seed germinates in 5 to 10 days at 70 degrees F (21 deg C).

Cultivars

'Color Magician'
'Fire Carpet' - Bright red flowers.
'Ideal Series'
'Ideal Violet'
'Primadonna'
'Princess Series'
'Raspberry Parfait' - Two-inch flowers.
'Strawberry Parfait'
'Telstar Series'
'Telstar Mix'
'Telstar Picotee'.


References for Cultivars: Lowell C. Ewart, 1997 Flower Seed Trials, Michigan State University. Thompson and Morgan 1997.

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