
Cheddar Pinks
- Botanical Name
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 6 to 12 inches
- Width
- 1 to 2 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: various shades of pink, red and white bicolor; fragrant
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Well suited to southeastern U.S. gardens
- Deadhead (shear) spent flowers for additional flowering
- Dense spreading mat of attractive blue-grey foliage
- Will not survive in wet winter soils
- Problems
- Crown rot in poorly draining soils
- Varieties
- Bath's Pink - pink, better selection for southern gardens
- Petite - dwarf, 3 to 4 inches tall, pink flowers
- Oakington - double pink flowers
- La Bourboule - deeply fringed petals, fragrant
- Tiny Rubies - double dark pink flowers, 4 inches tall
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