(Dianthus, Telstar Crimson Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of brilliant red flowers flecked with white stamens emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Crimson is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also...

(Dianthus, Telstar Mix Dianthus)

With their showy flowers and long season of bloom, these hybrids of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis are stars of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of white, pink, purple, salmon, red, or picotee flowers emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Mix is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also...

(Dianthus, Telstar Picotee Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of raspberry-red, white-edged flowers emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Picotee is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also works well as...

(Dianthus, Telstar Pink Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of rosy pink flowers with pale pink edges emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Pink is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also works well as...

(Dianthus, Telstar Purple Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of deep magenta-purple flowers flecked with white stamens emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Purple is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It...

(Dianthus, Telstar Scarlet Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of fiery orange-red flowers emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar Scarlet is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also works well as a seasonal...

(Dianthus, Telstar White Dianthus)

With its showy flowers and long season of bloom, this hybrid of sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and Dianthus chinensis is a star of the late spring, summer, and fall garden (or the winter garden in mild climates). Flat heads of snow-white flowers with hints of pink emerge in late spring and seem to float atop compact, narrow-leaved plants. The fringed blooms are mildly fragrant.

Telstar White is perfect for mixed borders, edging, containers, or cottage gardens. It also works well as...

(Dianthus, Fancy Knickers Dianthus)

A recently introduced hybrid "carnation", this little dear will surely steal your heart. In spring, the spikey, gray-green foliage is engulfed by masses of double, cheerfully fringed, white flowers with hints of red at their centers. Flowering continues through summer, though it may dwindle during the hotter months.

The spicy-sweet fragrance and slender stems make this pink ideal for arranging, but be sure to leave some blooms in your garden as a butterfly treat. Plant it in full sun to light...

(Blushing Maiden Dianthus, Dianthus)

A recently introduced hybrid "carnation", this little dear will surely steal your heart. In spring, the spikey, gray-green foliage is engulfed by masses of double, cheerfully fringed, pale pink flowers. Flowering continues through summer, though it may dwindle during the hotter months.

The spicy-sweet frangrance and slender stems make this pink ideal for arranging, but be sure to leave some blooms in your garden as a butterfly treat. Plant it in full sun to light shade and well drained, moderately...

(Dianthus, Ruby's Tuesday Dianthus)

The Devon Cottage™ Series dianthus are semi-evergreen, cushion-forming, hybrid perennials closely allied to the Dianthus Allwoodii hybrids, which derive from crosses between Dianthus pulmarius (cottage pink) and perpetual-flowering carnations. The cultivar 'Valda Kitty' (Ruby's Tuesday) bears many clove-scented, ruffled, double, crimson flowers from early to mid-summer (or later with deadheading) above mounds of grassy, blue-green leaves. The flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Preferring...