Dianthus Coral Reef is a new Scent First® Pot selection from Whetman® Pinks, the UK’s leading breeder and propagator of award winning perfumed Dianthus with a worldwide reputation for quality. Coral Reef has a gorgeous mass of spicy fragrant deep coral flowers with white picotee on short sturdy stems. The Scent First® series produce amazingly fragrant, bushy, prolific perpetually flowering plants. The glaucous foliage forms a unique compact habit with a height and spread of 8-10”. No vernalization is required for blooming. Dead head and feed regularly to encourage fast repeat blooming from May through September. These sturdy plants are hardy to USDA Zone 5. (-20°F or -28°C).
They are ideally suited for containers, borders, mass landscape planting, or cut flowers. Whetman® Dianthus are renowned for their cold and drought tolerance and are truly the benchmark of Dianthus breeding.
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