Dianthus ‘Cherry Vanilla’

Common Name:  Pinks

‘Cherry Vanilla’ has fully double, carnation-like flowers. 1½” wide, deep red flowers have a sharply contrasting, very light pink picotee edge that makes the color pop. The sweetly scented flowers appear proportionately above the narrow, blue-green foliage.Members of the FRUIT PUNCH® series all share the following traits: semi-double to double, fragrant flowers, and good heat and humidity tolerance. A quick shearing after flowering will encourage rebloom in early fall. FRUIT PUNCH® Dianthus are just the right size for the front of the sunny border and use in combination containers. Proven Winners Variety.

Deer resistant, low maintenance and drought tolerant, attracts butterflies, fragrant, cute cut flower-what more could one want in a perennial? The Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH® series delivers all that and more in your choice of four colors. Double flowers stand like mini carnations atop a short mound of evergreen foliage in early summer. A quick shearing after flowering will encourage them to rebloom in early fall. Dianthus is just the right size to edge the front of the sunny border and use in combination containers.

Photos courtesy of Walters Gardens Inc.

Size: 2.0 starter, will bloom in the first season.

Hardiness Zones: 5(requires snow cover),6,7,8,9

Height: 8.0-10.0 Inches

Spread: 8.0″-12.0 Inches