Wide range of colours, excellent fragrance, early flowering upright stiff stems to 35cm, used in flower beds and commercial cut flower, declines in summer.
Seed count: 500/g.
General information:
Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
Hardy perennial, fragrant flowers, good in beds and most popular cut flower, nip tips when 15cm high to encourage branching, best results when old flower heads are also nipped, cut back healthy plants yearly, raised beds are recommended, well drained soil, sow seed in spring, autumn in warmer areas.