Prized for their beautifully fragrant, fully double flowers, FRUIT PUNCH® Dianthus are very easy to grow in any sunny area. Their 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.
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.
EXPOSURE: Full sun to part shade
BLOOMS: Early summer; reblooms in early fall
HEIGHT: 6 to 12 inches, depending on variety
SPACE: 8 to 12 inches
ZONE: 4-9
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| ‘Apple Slice’ PP21842 – Intricately patterned red and pink blossoms •1½ - 2” wide, fluffy looking, fragrant, double blossoms •Flowers open deep red with white markings in the center of each petal. •As flowers mature, the white markings expand and the red color lightens •Height: 12 inches •Zone 4-9 |  |
| ‘Black Cherry Wild’ PP21893 – Velvety red blossoms with a narrow white edge •Deep velvety red, fragrant, double selection with a rounded flower form •Serrated, narrow, white picotee edge •Blooms in early summer and often reblooms in early fall •Grassy grey-green, mounding foliage •Height: 6 inches •Zones 4-9 |  |
| Coconut Punch’ PP21876 – Large, deep red and white patterned blossoms •1½ - 2” wide, fluffy looking, fragrant, double blossoms •Flowers open deep red with white markings in the center of each petal. •As flowers mature, the white markings expand and the red color lightens •Height: 12 inches Zone 4-9 |  |
| ‘Pomegranate Kiss’ PP21895 – Red and rose pink streaked blossoms •Deep velvety red, fragrant, double selection •Flowers are irregularly splashed with rose pink and have a matching sharply serrated, rose pink edge •Blooms in early summer and often reblooms in early fall •Height: 12 inches •Zones 4-9 |  |