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Chabauds Giant Carnation is a half-hardy biennial prized for its long bloom season. Large flowers with lovely spicy, clove-like fragrance bloom in many shades of crimson, red, rose, pink, yellow, and white. Carnations grown in groups make a striking attraction in gardens. For early blooms, start indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Thin or transplant when 15-25 cm tall. This tender perennial can overwinter in milder climates. To overwinter in Zone 3b to 4a cover with a thick layer of mulch but remove mulch in early spring. One of the garden favourites-Chabauds Giant Carnation does not readily self-sow. Harvest early spent blossom head by cutting stem near the ground and hang dry with a paper bag tied around the stem to catch seeds that may drop.
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The button-shaped flowers with double blossoms of white, pink, and rose are showy and fragrant. The small plants are dainty and attractive for spring through early summer bloom. Compact 10-20 cm plants make great for edging and in rocky gardens. Mulch heavy in winter. Plants may have single and double blooms.
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Sweet William Super Duplex is a Dianthus barbatus that produces an excellent perennial crossover bedding plant that makes an exceptional cut flower. Tall, 55 cm, blue-green sturdy stems are topped with tufted clusters of big double frilly fringed star-shaped flowers. This is a mix of solid and bi-color combinations of light pink, carmine, cherry, burgundy, purple and red. This dependable perennial variety is a show stopper in border, container, and pathway plantings, returning year after year with a smashing showcase of color. Hardy to zone 3
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Sweet William Super Duplex Mix is a Dianthus barbatus that produces an excellent perennial crossover bedding plant that makes an exceptional cut flower. Tall, 55 cm, blue-green sturdy stems are topped with tufted clusters of big double frilly fringed star-shaped flowers. This is a mix of solid and bi-color combinations of light pink, carmine, cherry, burgundy, purple and red. This dependable perennial variety is a show stopper in border, container, and pathway plantings, returning year after year with a smashing showcase of color. Hardy to zone 3