Common name: Pink or Dianthus

Description: Produces fragrant lilac blooms with delightful clove fragrance. Flowering from late spring through summer, the frilly-edged flowers are held above neat, grassy foliage. Excellent for seasonal borders, containers, and rock gardens. Attracts pollinators and makes good cut flowers. Cold-hardy seasonal plant perfect for spring and summer displays.

Other benefits: fragrant flowers, attracts pollinators, cold-hardy, neat habit

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies

Seasonal display: late spring to summer flowering

Position: full sun to partial shade; best in good light

Soil pH: neutral to alkaline; prefers chalky or sandy, well-drained soils

Moisture: moderate watering; prefers well-drained conditions; drought tolerant once established

Winter hardiness: cold-hardy; tolerates frost