Cluster-Head Pink
Dianthus carthusianorum
Caryophyllaceae
Other names
German Pink
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Southern, Central, and Western Europe
Biocultural value
Dianthus is a Greek name meaning divine flower or flower of the gods.
Location
Source of plant
North American Rock Garden Society, The Plantsmen
Description
Glabrous perennial reaching 2' in height; leaves linear, sheaths long; flowers few to many in heads,bracts lanceolate, epicalyx scales obcordate, aristate, usually dark purple, rarely white (DS 3) Variablespecies; the heads of magenta flowers may be borne on stems of 1' to 3' in height (DS 147).
USDA Hardiness Zone
5