Below is a list of Dianthus species and cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This is an important group of more-or-less fragrant summer-flowering perennial garden plants, which can be divided into three main groups:-
- Carnations (D. caryophyllus)
- Pinks (D. plumarius)
- Sweet Williams (D. barbatus)
Carnations can be further divided into hardy border types, which grow outside, and perpetual flowering types which are usually grown under glass to provide cut flowers and buttonholes all year round.
The list does not currently include any sweet william cultivars.
name | type | colour | fragrance | Height (cm) | ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfriston | border carnation | red (coral) | strong | 50 | [1] |
Anders Kath Phillips | perpetual carnation | cream/purple | 100 | [2] | |
Ann Franklin | perpetual carnation | yellow | 90 | [3] | |
Becky Robinson | pink | pink (pale)/red | medium | 40 | [4] |
Betty Morton | pink | pink (deep)/maroon | medium | 50 | [5] |
Brian Tumbler | border carnation | yellow (pale) edged red | 75 | [6] | |
Brilliant Star | pink | white/dark red | medium | 50 | [7] |
Bryony Lisa | border carnation | white/dark red | 50 | [8] | |
Carmine Letitia Wyatt | pink | pink (salmon) | slight | 30 | [9] |
Chesswood Barbara Arif | border carnation | white edged purple | 70 | [10] | |
Chesswood Lidgett | border carnation | white edged dark red | 70 | [11] | |
Chesswood Margaret Alison | border carnation | rose/pink | strong | 100 | [12] |
Chris Crew | border carnation | yellow/red | 50 | [13] | |
Claret Joy | pink | pink (deep) | 50 | [14] | |
Coronation Ruby | pink | pink/maroon | medium | 45 | [15] |
Cranmere Pool | pink | white/maroon | slight | 35 | [16] |
Dainty Dame | pink | white/maroon | strong | 25 | [17] |
David Russell | border carnation | white/crimson | medium | 50 | [18] |
David Saunders | border carnation | white/red | medium | 50 | [19] |
Devon Dove | pink | white | medium | 45 | [20] |
Devon Flavia | pink | pink (pale) | strong | 35 | [21] |
Devon Wizard | pink | pink (deep) | strong | 25 | [22] |
Diane | pink | pink (salmon) | medium | 30 | [23] |
Dianthus alpinus | pink (cerise) | 10 | [24] | ||
Dianthus deltoides | pink (cerise) | 20 | [25] | ||
Dianthus gratianopolitanus | pink (rose) | strong | 15 | [26] | |
Doris | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 40 | [27] |
Eileen Neal | border carnation | red | strong | 50 | [28] |
Eileen O'Connor | border carnation | orange | slight | 30 | [29] |
Evening Star | pink | pink/maroon | medium | 10 | [30] |
Flanders | border carnation | scarlet | 50 | [31] | |
Golden Cross | border carnation | yellow (pale) | none | 50 | [32] |
Gran's Favourite | pink | white/pink | medium | 50 | [33] |
Grey Dove | border carnation | grey/pink | medium | 50 | [34] |
Hannah Louise | border carnation | yellow/orange | none | 50 | [35] |
Haytor Rock | pink | white/crimson | 30 | [36] | |
Haytor White | pink | white | medium | 40 | [37] |
Hazel Ruth | border carnation | white/red | 50 | [38] | |
Houndspool Cheryl | pink | scarlet | none | 30 | [39] |
Houndspool Ruby | pink | rose pink (deep) | medium | 50 | [40] |
Incas | perpetual carnation | cream/red | medium | 100 | [41] |
India Star | pink | pink/red | medium | 10 | [42] |
Inshriach Dazzler | pink | pink/grey | medium | 10 | [43] |
Irene Della-Torré | border carnation | white/pink | medium | 75 | [44] |
Jean Knight | border carnation | white/purple | 50 | [45] | |
Joan's Blood (Dianthus alpinus) | alpine | pink (deep) | 10 | [46] | |
John Sandall | border carnation | white/red | 60 | [47] | |
Joy | pink | pink | 35 | [48] | |
Kathleen Hitchcock | border carnation | pink (coral) | slight | 50 | [49] |
Kesteven Kirkstead | pink | white/maroon | medium | 30 | [50] |
Kristina | perpetual | pink (pale) edged purple | slight | 100 | [51] |
La Bourboule | pink | pink (rose) | medium | 10 | [52] |
Lady Madonna='Wp04 Idare' | pink | white/purple | strong | 35 | [53] |
Letitia Wyatt | pink | pink | medium | 25 | [54] |
Lily the Pink='Wp05 Idare' | pink | pink (deep) | strong | 50 | [55] |
Linfield Dorothy Perry | pink | white | slight | 30 | [56] |
Linfield Kathy Booker | pink | white/maroon edged pink | strong | 50 | [57] |
Maisie Neal | border carnation | pink (salmon) | 50 | [58] | |
Mambo | perpetual carnation | yellow (pale) | 150 | [59] | |
Maureen Lambert | perpetual carnation | red | strong | 100 | [60] |
Michael Saunders | border Carnation | pink/purple | 50 | [61] | |
Milky Way | perpetual | white | 100 | [62] | |
Monica Wyatt | pink | pink (pale)/maroon | strong | 30 | [63] |
Moulin Rouge | pink | pink/red | 30 | [64] | |
Natalie Saunders | border carnation | white/purple | slight | 50 | [65] |
Neon Star | pink | purple/pink | medium | 50 | [66] |
Nichola Ann | border carnation | white | slight | 50 | [67] |
Night Star | pink | maroon/pink | 30 | [68] | |
Peter Wood | border carnation | pink/red | 50 | [69] | |
Pike's Pink | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 15 | [70] |
Pixie Star | pink | pink/red | 20 | [71] | |
Prado Mint | perpetual | yellow/green | 100 | [72] | |
Red Star | pink | pink (deep) | 10 | [73] | |
Romance='Wp09 Wen04' | pink | salmon | strong | 35 | [74] |
Rose Joy | pink | pink (cerise) | medium | 50 | [75] |
Rose Monica Wyatt | pink | pink (rose) | strong | 60 | [76] |
Sandra Neal | border carnation | yellow (apricot)/pink | 50 | [77] | |
Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22' | pink | rose | medium | 21 | [78] |
Spinfield Joy | border carnation | cream/purple | 65 | [79] | |
Tamsin Fifield | border carnation | white/red | 50 | [80] | |
Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11' | pink | pink (lavender) | strong | 30 | [81] |
Uncle Teddy | border carnation | white/maroon | slight | 45 | [82] |
Valda Wyatt | pink | pink (rose) | medium | 35 | [83] |
Viana='Kovian' | perpetual | cream/dark red | 100 | [84] | |
Whatfield Cancan | pink | pink | medium | 20 | [85] |
Whatfield Magenta | pink | pink (magenta) | slight | 20 | [86] |
White Joy | pink | white/pale pink | medium | 55 | [87] |
Widecombe Fair | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 50 | [88] |
References
edit- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Alfriston'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Anders Kath Phillips'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Ann Franklin'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Becky Robinson'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Betty Morton'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Brian Tumbler'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Brilliant Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Bryony Lisa'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Carmine Letitia Wyatt'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Barbara Arif'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Lidgett'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Margaret Alison'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chris Crew'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Claret Joy'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Coronation Ruby'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Cranmere Pool'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Dainty Dame'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'David Russell'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'David Saunders'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Dove'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Flavia'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Wizard'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Diane'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus alpinus". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus deltoides". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Diathus gratianopolitanus". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Doris'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Eileen Neal'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Eileen O'Connor'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Evening Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Flanders'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Golden Cross'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Gran's Favourite'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Grey Dove'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Hannah Louise'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Haytor Rock'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Haytor White'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Hazel Ruth'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Houndspool Cheryl'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Houndspool Ruby'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Incas'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'India Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Inshriach Dazzler'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Irene Della-Torré'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Jean Knight'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus alpinus 'Joan's Blood'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'John Sandall'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Joy'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kathleen Hitchcock'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kesteven Kirkstead'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kristina'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'La Bourboule'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Lady Madonna=Wp04 Idare". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Letitia Wyatt'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Lily the Pink='Wp05' Idare". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Linfield Dorothy Perry'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Linfield Kathy Booker'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Maisie Neal'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Mambo'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Maureen Lambert'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Michael Saunders'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Milky Way'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Monica Wyatt'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Moulin Rouge'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Natalie Saunders'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Neon Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Nichola Ann'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Night Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Peter Wood'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Pike's Pink'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Pixie Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Prado Mint'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Red Star'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Romance='Wp09 Wen04'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Rose Joy'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Rose Monica Wyatt'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Sandra Neal'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Sandra Neal'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Tamsin Fifield'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Uncle Teddy'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Valda Wyatt'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Viana=Kovian". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Whatfield Cancan'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Whatfield Magenta'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'White Joy'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Widecombe Fair'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.