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Plant of the Month March 2009

Dianthus myrtinervius ssp. caespitosus

Dianthus myrtinervius ssp caespitosus, photo by Mike Slater

photo by Mike Slater

Description and general information
A wonderful tight cushion which is covered with stemless bright pink flowers in mid-spring. This relatively slow growing Dianthus can be difficult to acquire as it is not always named correctly in the seed exchanges.
Cultivation
Grow in full sun in a dry Sandbed Garden or very lean scree/gravel bed
Bloom period
Mid Spring
Propagation
Seed
Grown from AGS Seed Exchange Seed
Division
probably
Cuttings
probably
References
1 AGS Quarterly

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photo by Mika Slater

photo by Mike Slater



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Page last modified on Friday 18 of December, 2009 19:22:50 CST by Broekhuis.