Fruit Punch® Classic Coral Dianthus

Fruit Punch® Classic Coral Dianthus (Dianthus x 'Classic Coral') are well-known spring-flowering garden standards with a host of new perks and colors that even Grandma's garden will be jealous of! We're sure a few bees and butterflies will feel upstaged by these gorgeous creamy dreamy double coral flowers like mini-carnations!

Classic Coral Garden Pinks are further accented by their picotee petal edges and a spicy sweet fragrance! In late spring/early summer, a bevy of double flowers springs up over the tight mound of blue-green foliage. The flowers are extravagantly ruffled and lightly fragrant with the scent of cloves. These lovely blossoms are backed by neat and tidy, compactly-growing mounds of dainty blue-green foliage and they fill in many a summer border.

Classic Coral is a hot new color for these beautiful garden favorites from Proven Winners®. Plus, Dianthus are very tolerant of heat and humidity, more so than many other Pinks! It won't melt during the dog days of summer.

Planting and Application:

Fruit Punch® Dianthus are perfect low-growing edging and facer plants, forming neat and tidy mounds that cleanly define bed and border edges, easing the transition between lawn and landscape bed! Spreading some as they grow, filling larger areas, and covering bare ground as an efficient groundcover.

Use Garden Pinks in pots and planters to add pretty finery and luscious color to mixed arrangements, both indoors and out! You'll love the pretty bouquets and combinations that these dreamy creamy coral blossoms can help you create as the focal point of a lovely container garden! From mixed Perennial gardens to informal Cottage borders, Dianthus are adapted to the pampered Cut Flower garden as they are in the Rock Garden!

But these lovelies aren't just a pretty face, their drought tolerance and spreading nature make them workhorses in the garden, patio, and in path and walkway borders! Top retaining walls, cover hard-to-mow hillsides, and slow rainwater on steep slopes without worrying about these tough perennials!

• Double Petalled Coral Salmon Carnation-Like Blossoms
• Spicy Sweet Clove-Like Scented!
• Mounds of Blue-Green Foliage
• Can Be Evergreen in Mild Winters & Warm Climates
• Bee & Butterfly Nectar-Resource
• Edging, Facer Plants, Pots & Planters, Specimens & En Masse

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Dianthus are full sun perennial plants with improved heat tolerance, and appreciate afternoon shade in the hotter climates of 4 through 9, where they can be evergreen perennials in mild winter locations! Requiring average moisture and any well-drained soil. Drought-tolerant Dianthus appreciate a 3-4 inch thick layer of mulch over the soil surface to hold in moisture more regularly and enrich the soil.

Forming mounds 8 - 10 inches high and spread to about 10 - 14 inches wide, Fruit Punch® Dianthus carpet areas quickly. After they finish their first flush of blooms, a quick shear will allow them to re-energize for a nice rebloom in the fall. You can prune the mounds to keep them neat and tidy, removing any winter dieback. Garden Pinks are well-known as cold hardy and easy growing, plus they are deer and rabbit resistant!

• Full Sun For The Most Blooms!
• Any Well-Drained Soil - Despise Soggy Conditions
• Moderate Moisture - Low Once Established
• Deadhead After Flowers Fade For Rebloom
• Prune Early Spring
• Deer & Rabbits Seldom Bother With Dianthus

I mean, WOW! They offer so much. Don't let another season go by without ordering some of these long-awaited missing colors for your own, from our experts at Nature Hills. Order your own frilly and fruity, Proven Winners® Fruit Punch® Classic Coral Dianthus from Nature Hills today!