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 ...

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 ...

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).

Dianthus is a broad group of plants that includes carnations, pinks, sweet Williams and the numerous hybrids between them. They all share the common features of needing sunshine and free-draining soil ...

Say "carnation" and some gardeners are likely to think of their grandmother's flowers and immediately move on. Not so fast. As a recovering plant snob, I have come to appreciate the great variety now ...

In the last 10 years, tremendous breeding innovation has produced several new varieties of Dianthus, a low-growing plant distinguished by fragrant flowers and grassy, blue-green foliage. Commonly ...

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...