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Gerald L. Klingaman
(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...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(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...
Ernst Benary® Inc.
(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,...
