Clove Pink

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Biocultural value

Spicy flower petals can be added to salads or infused in hot simple sugar syrup to flavor drinks and desserts. Red carnations imply deep love and affection. Pink carnations symbolize motherly love. White carnations are a sign of pure love. Striped petals indicate refusal. Dianthus is a Greek name meaning divine flower or flower of the gods.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Richters

Description

‘Grenadin’ is a mixture of pink, red and white double flowers.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

food, fragrance, other ethnobotanical uses