(Arctic Star Dianthus, Hybrid Pinks)

Tufted mounds of gray-green foliage create a pretty background for the white blossoms of ‘Arctic Star.’ The fragrant, fully double flowers appear from late spring to early summer and have sharply pinked petals edges. The spent flowers should be removed to encourage continued bloom. Where winters are mild, the mounds of tidy foliage will remain evergreen.

Grow Dianthus in full to partial sun and any well-drained garden soil with a neutral to alkaline pH. They are low-maintenance, easy...

(Bath's Pink Cheddar Pinks, Hybrid Pinks)

Bath's pink cheddar pink is a popular hardy perennial. It forms clumps of blue-green, grass-like foliage that is semi-evergreen. In early to midsummer, plants become covered with single stems of pale pink flowers that put forth a spicy fragrance. These will rebloom intermittently later in the season if spent flowers are removed. Bath's pink cheddar pink requires full sun and perfectly drained, slightly alkaline soil. It is an ideal perennial for rock gardens, and the edges of sunny beds and borders....

(Bouquet Rose Magic Pinks, Hybrid Pinks)

This heavy-flowering hybrid offers multi-colored blooms that are nearly white when they open then darken to pink and finally rose. The upright, branched flower stems rise from clumps of waxy, strappy, evergreen leaves in late spring. They become covered with fragrant lacy blooms that are much loved by bees. Deadheading will encourage further bloom but the first flush is always the heaviest.

The Dianthus in the Bouquet Series were developed for the cut flower industry but are great for...

(Brilliant Star Dianthus, Hybrid Pinks)

The colorful and fragrant ‘Brilliant Star’ produces abundant flowers all season, if provided good care and regular deadheading. This exceptional pink was bred in Dawlish, Devon, England by John Whetman and is a cross between Dianthus ‘Whatfield Cyclops’ and an unnamed pollen parent.

Its dark green strappy leaves are evergreen and form spreading, low-growing mounds. From early summer to frost, it produces fragrant white blossoms with burgundy centers and jagged pinked edges. Deadheading...

(Candy Dish Dianthus, Hybrid Pinks)

The extremely fragrant, vivid reddish pink flowers of ‘Candy Dish’ will add color to any sunny garden. It is a compact, clump-forming hybrid perennial that blooms early in the season.

This low-growing pink forms neat mounds of blue-green strappy leaves. In early summer, it produces double, fragrant rosy pink blossoms with red markings and frilly pinked edges. Deadheading will encourage further bloom but the first flush is always the heaviest.

Grow Dianthus in full to partial sun...

(Cheddar Pinks, Raspberry Surprise Cheddar Pinks)

Dianthus ‘Raspberry Surprise’ is an evergreen perennial hybrid by famed breeder John Whetman. Topped with a profusion of spicy-fragrant double blooms, it is a compact plant with tidy mounds of blue-green, grass-like foliage which is durable throughout the year. The pink flowers with burgundy centers begin in late spring and continue until the weather is very hot. The petals are strongly toothed.

Plant ‘Raspberry Surprise’ in full sun or part shade in well-drained moist soil. It will bloom in...

(Alpine Pink, Doris Alpine Pink)

Plants in the Dianthus Allwoodii group are compact, semi-evergreen, cushion-forming perennials resulting from crossing Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink) with perpetual-flowering carnations. The cultivar 'Doris' bears many clove-scented, ruffled, double, salmon pink flowers with red eyes in late spring and early summer above mounds of grassy, blue-gray leaves. Sporadic rebloom may occur in summer and early fall.

Preferring full sun and well-drained, neutral soil, this pink is well suited to rock...

(Allwood's Pink, Frosty Fire Pink)

Plants in the Dianthus Allwoodii group are compact, semi-evergreen, cushion-forming perennials resulting from crossing Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink) with perpetual-flowering carnations. The cultivar 'Frosty Fire' bears many clove-scented, ruffled, double, vivid red flowers in late spring and early summer above mounds of grassy, silvery-blue, evergreen leaves. Sporadic rebloom may occur in summer and early fall.

Preferring full sun and well-drained, neutral soil, this pink is well suited...

(Alpine Pink, Helen Alpine Pink)

Plants in the Dianthus Allwoodii group are compact, semi-evergreen, cushion-forming perennials resulting from crossing Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink) with perpetual-flowering carnations. The cultivar 'Helen' bears many clove-scented, ruffled, double, deep-salmon-pink flowers in late spring and early summer above mounds of grassy, blue-green leaves. Sporadic rebloom may occur in summer and early fall.

Preferring full sun and well-drained, neutral soil, this pink is well suited to rock gardens,...

(Alpine Dianthus, Little Bobby Alpine Dianthus)

Plants in the Dianthus Allwoodii group are compact, semi-evergreen, cushion-forming perennials resulting from crossing Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink) with perpetual-flowering carnations. The cultivar 'Little Bobby' bears many clove-scented, ruffled, raspberry-pink flowers with cerise centers from late spring to early summer above mounds of grassy, blue-green leaves. Sporadic rebloom may occur in summer and early fall.

Preferring full sun and well-drained, neutral soil, this pink is well suited...