Dianthus, Cheddar Pinks 'Bath's Pink'

Go for really good drainage. Gallon pots buried to the rim in pit run gravel have done very well for me, spreading out to make yard wide...Read More mats of foliage with lots of spring flowers.

Short 8 - Plant 15" apart. Sweet clove scent. Single pink blossoms show a magenta inner ring with ripped outer petals. Forms spreading lo...Read Morew mound of blue green quills. Tolerates high heat and humidity.

The blue-green needle-like foliage is attractive all season. The flowers make a sea of pink in late spring. They're great cut flowers! ...Read Morer />
It spreads about 8" each year, but is very easy to keep in bounds because the outward growth doesn't put down roots right away and is easily snipped back. If you want more, just take the trimmings and stick them in the ground!

Exuberant and prolonged blooming with this plant in a dry-stack-stone-edged raised bed; green and attractive all year long; swarming wi...Read Moreth butterflies when in full bloom; very easy to grow here in zone 6B and worth it just to have the winter greenery, let alone flowers.