DIANTHUS 'Old Square Eyes'
Medium
Sun
Pink
Well drained soil
Summer
Description
Dianthus 'Old Square Eyes'
Height x Spread: 45cm x 30cm
'Old Square Eyes' is actually a modern pink. It has sweetly scented flat single flowerheads, sporting frilly white petals tinted salmon at their edges and base, stand proudly above a cushion of narrow grey-green foliage.
This iconic cottage garden plant is perfect for the front of a border, edge of path or planted in a pot close to a doorway, in fact anywhere you will appreciate its fragrance most. An added bonus are its longer stems making it an excellent cut flower plant. This evergreen pink will thrive in a fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil exposed to plenty of sun.
Available for Mail Order from April - August
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