(Dianthus, Yellow Harmony Pink)

‘Yellow Harmony’ features unique flowers of pale, creamy yellow which bloom atop slender, branched stems in summer. A selection of a species native to the highlands of Yugoslavia and Hungary, it offers larger flowers and tidier, more upright growth than its parent. Its single, fringed blossoms are borne on airy stems emerging from basal tufts of narrow, pointed, blue-green leaves, and bloom from late spring to midsummer. The flowers bear little to no fragrance, and tend to be more deeply colored...

(Albanian Pink, Mountain Pink Dianthus)

The fine, blue-green foliage of Albanian pink provides a beautiful foil to its summer display of flowers. This diminutive, mat-forming perennial hails from the Balkan Peninsula of southeastern Europe. It forms a dense, evergreen tuft of needle-like leaves topped with many small, brilliant, dark-pink flowers in late spring to early summer. The flowers bloom on short stems just above the foliage and attract bees and butterflies.

Grow this gem of a perennial in full to part sun and gritty, sharply...

(Clove Pinks, Cottage Pinks)

The original cottage pink of yore, Dianthus plumarius is today rarely grown in its natural, wild form. A tall, wispy, clump-forming herbaceous perennial native to eastern Europe, the cottage pink has been cultivated for centuries and is the prominent "old-fashioned" species used for the development of modern day garden pinks.

The gray-green leaves grow in a loose matted clump that can spread quite wide. In the warmth of summer, tall stems sky upward from the foliage and reveal paired...

(Clove Pinks)

The fragrant, white blossoms of ‘Albiflorus’ cottage pinks add brilliances to the early summer garden. The fringed, spice-scented flowers of this seed-grown strain bloom from late spring to midsummer. They rise on slender stems from spreading, evergreen clumps of linear, blue-green leaves, and may attract small bees and butterflies.

Like most cottage pinks, ‘Albiflorus' grows and flowers best in full to part sun and average, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil. Avoid overwatering and soggy...

(Clove Pinks, Itsaul White Clove Pinks)

The fringed, frilly, vanilla-scented, white flowers of ‘Itsaul White,’ a selection of border pink, provide a beautiful complement to its low tufts of silvery-blue leaves. An evergreen, clump-forming perennial, it has linear, needle-like leaves and spreads to form a dense mat of foliage. Numerous, small, fringed, semi-double flowers appear on short stems above the leaves from late spring to early summer, and may attract small butterflies.

Like most Border pinks, ‘Itsaul White’ thrives in full...

(Clove Pinks, Cottage Pinks, Spring Beauty Pinks)

The fragrant, single to semi-double blossoms of ‘Spring Beauty’ border pink add brilliance to the summer garden. Appearing in various shades of pink, rose, salmon and white, the fringed, spice-scented flowers of this seed-grown strain bloom from late spring to midsummer. They rise on slender stems from spreading, evergreen clumps of linear, blue-green leaves, and may attract small bees and butterflies.

Like most Border pinks, ‘Spring Beauty’ grows and flowers best in full to part sun and average,...

(Dianthus)

The genus Dianthus comprises approximately 300 species and more than 27,000 cultivars. Collectively known as “pinks”, these showy flowering plants have been grown for many hundreds of years. Their common name was given for the sharply-toothed petal tips of their flowers, which look like they were cut by pinking shears.

Nearly all Dianthus species hail from Eurasia and northern Africa, while only one originates from North America. Most are herbaceous tender perennials; however...

(Blue Pygmy Dianthus, Dianthus)

The genus Dianthus comprises approximately 300 species and more than 27,000 cultivars. Collectively known as “pinks”, these showy flowering plants have been grown for many hundreds of years. Their common name was given for the sharply-toothed petal tips of their flowers, which look like they were cut by pinking shears.

Nearly all Dianthus species hail from Eurasia and northern Africa, while only one originates from North America. Most are herbaceous tender perennials; however...

(Fringed Pink)

The genus Dianthus comprises approximately 300 species and more than 27,000 cultivars. Collectively known as “pinks”, these showy flowering plants have been grown for many hundreds of years. Their common name was given for the sharply-toothed petal tips of their flowers, which look like they were cut by pinking shears.

Nearly all Dianthus species hail from Eurasia and northern Africa, while only one originates from North America. Most are herbaceous tender perennials; however...

(Bleeding Heart, Old-fashioned Bleeding Heart)

Old-fashioned bleeding heart, what a classic garden perennial! This large, bushy ornamental originates from northeastern Asia. In late spring to early summer it produces horizontal, slightly curved stems lined with pendulous, heart-shaped flowers. Its blooms are most commonly vibrant rose-pink with white tips, but white selections are also available. These appear against a backdrop of coarsely toothed, sea green foliage.

Bleeding heart grows best in fertile soil with average drainage. It prefers...