Dianthus Sweet William

Dianthus Sweet William is one of those lovely old-fashioned flowers. An easy to grow traditional cottage garden plant with edible blooms that come in a wide array of colours from white to red. The vivid blossoms rise on stiff, erect stems with rosettes of pale green stems.

Sweet Williams make a long-lasting, cut flower, and are an excellent choice for dried flower arrangements. Best of all, they are intensely fragrant, with a delicious, rich perfume. Growing to around 60cm tall they belong in the middle ground of the flower border. They are also a wonderful plant for containers, mass plantings and meadows.

Dianthus barbatus are short lived perennials that are often grown as a biennial. They will grow in most soils and grow equally well in full sun or part shade. Insects and diseases do not frequent the plants. Everybody can grow them to perfection.

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