Neon Star Dianthus

Brightly colored blooms erupting on the scene throughout late spring until late summer, the bright magenta-pink flowers are so brilliant, they're fluorescent! From the Star Single™ Collection, Neon Star Dianthus (Dianthus 'Neon Star') features fragrant blooms and a full layer of petals with toothed edges, giving them a fringed look!

Accented by a curly set of steam, each bloom joins dozens of others to smother the silvery blue-green, grassy foliage! Pollinators and butterflies will flock to these neon pink blooms! Forming fine-textured, compact mounds of foliage, Pinks create neat and tidy bunches.

Forming clumps of low-growing mats, these dense clusters remain beautiful until frost. Tolerating difficult growing conditions, Garden Pinks are well-known landscaping and edging plants, now in a fantastically modern hue!

How to Use Neon Star Dianthus In The Landscape

Traditional edging and border plants Dianthus are fragrant blooms that fill out and form clean, tidy clumps for lining the fronts of your landscaping beds and borders.

Fantastic for spilling over retaining and rock walls, these brilliant beauties clamber over Rock gardens and stone pathways. Inject some fresh color into an outdated Cottage or Perennial garden or line a walkway or driveway with amazing brightness.

Plant on a sunny slope where it’s difficult to mow or let naturalize and ramble over a steep bank. Evergreen in warmer climates and nearly deer-proof, you can plant these hardy gems about anywhere!

Their size means easily tucking them into an established garden bed or even adding a bright splash of color to your sunny patio containers or balcony planters.

#ProPlantTips For Care

Dianthus enjoys the full sun, doing best in at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Doing best in moderately moist soil and are even drought tolerant once established. Best in neutral to slightly alkaline pH soil, water just enough to remain consistently moist when establishing, then only water in times of heat and drought.

Plant in most any type of well-drained soil with average fertility. Mulch the area well to retain more moisture consistency and insulate the roots from both heat and cold.

Deer resistant and easy care, Garden Pinks have been a landscaping standard for ages and continue to brighten gardens around the world. Hardy in USDA growing zones 5 through 9, they are versatile perennials! Easy care perennial only requires a little spring cleanup removing any damaged foliage in early spring. Early blooms deadheaded will reward you with another round of blooms later in the season.

Order this new and improved Garden Pink at NatureHills.com today for a juicy boost of color for your garden! Hurry before these Neon Star Dianthus sell out!

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