Dianthus are easy plants to care for and deadheading their ruffled and aromatic blooms during the summer months is one of the key maintenance tasks, as it will help grow more flowers. We take a close ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

The Perennial Plant Association has selected Dianthus gratianopolitanus Firewitch’ (Feuerhexe’) as its 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year. Also known as a cheddar pink, the perennial dianthus is an ...

This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

A little gardening effort this January will pay off tenfold when the warmer weather ...

This story was published in winter 2019. Dianthus plants are commonly known as pinks, yet they bloom in a rainbow of colors. Some have double flowers. Some smell like spicy cloves. They’re compact, ...