Exposure • Sun

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies • Hummingbirds

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Spring

Bloom Color • Pink

Attributes • For Bird Lovers • Evergreen • Good Cut Flowers • Fragrant • Ground Cover • Rock Garden

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'

Cheddar Pinks

Abundant pink-fringed, spicy-scented flowers bloom above blue-green foliage. Low-growing, grasslike foliage forms creeping mounds ideal as a ground cover or in rock gardens. Makes a great cut flower. Heat tolerant.

Dianthus (di-an'-thus)

Family: Caryophyllaceae · Common Name: Carnation

Beautiful, often fragrant flowers include shades of pink, rose or red and may be single, double or fringed. Attractive foliage. Single-flowered forms attract hummingbirds to the garden.