Firewitch Dianthus
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial
Height at Maturity: 6-8″
Width at Maturity: 24-30″
Spacing: 18 to 20″ for mass plantings; 36″+ for space between plants
Spacing: 18 to 20″ for mass plantings; 36″+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Spreading, Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Soft Pink
Flower Size: 1″
Flowering Period: Mid to Late Spring, sporadically in Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: Yes, clove scented
Foliage Color: Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: –
Berry Color: –
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, very low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well-drained moist to dry
Soil pH: 5.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
‘Bath’s Pink’ is one of if not the best Dianthus we’ve ever grown in our gardens. Not only has she proven to be exceptionally heat, humidity and more drought tolerant than other varieties, she’s one of the most floriferous. Her attractive 6 inch high mounds of evergreen, blue-green foliage becomes literally smothered in spicy, clove-scented, soft pink flowers during late spring to early early summer. The petals of her star-shaped flowers are beautifully fringed surrounding a white eye-zone outlined in in red. Was named after Jane Bath of Stone Mountain, GA who discovered it.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a dense mound 6 to 8 inches tall and about a 30 inches wide, Bath’s Pink Dianthus is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces or as a border along paths and walkways or surrounding patios or garden beds. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, cottage gardens, butterfly gardens, sunny perennial gardens and pink theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 18 to 20 inches apart for mass plantings; 36 inches apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Dianthus are very easy to grow in most any moist to somewhat dry well-drained soil of average to low fertility and full to mostly sun. Some shade is tolerated however flowering will be diminished in too much shade. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering and overall performance. Plant with the top of the root ball even with ground level. Care and maintenance are minimal. Spent flowers can be deadheaded. Feed in spring with an organic plant food.
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