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Dianthus plumarius, Linn. (D. scoticus, Hort.). Common Grass or Garden Pink. Scotch Pink. Pheasant's Eye Pink. Low, tufty, 1 ft.: sts. simple or forked: plant blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: lvs. elongate-linear, keeled, spreading or recurved, thickish, 1-nerved, blue-glaucous: fls. medium size, rose-colored (varying in cult. to purple, white and variegated), the blade of the petal fringed a fourth or fifth of its depth; calyx cylindrical, with short broad-topped mucronate bracts. Austria to Siberia. Gn. 66, p. 260. F.E. 23:401.—A universal favorite. Hardy. Much used in old-fashioned gardens as edging for beds. There are double-fld. forms. A more continuous-blooming form is catalogued as var. semperflorens.
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''Dianthus plumarius'' L. (''D. scoticus'' Hort.). Common or Garden Pink. Low, tufty, 25 cm: stems simple or forked: plant blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: lvs. elongate-linear, keeled, spreading or recurved, thickish, 1-nerved, blue-glaucous: fls. medium size, rose-coloured (varying in cult. to purple, white and variegated), the blade of the petal fringed a fourth or fifth of its depth; calyx cylindrical, with short broad-topped mucronate bracts. Austria to Siberia. Hardy. Much used in old-fashioned gardens as edging for beds. There are double-fld. forms. A more continuous-blooming form is catalogued as var. semperflorens.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ Europe, N Asia
Cultivation
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Dianthus plumarius L. (D. scoticus Hort.). Common or Garden Pink. Low, tufty, 25 cm: stems simple or forked: plant blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: lvs. elongate-linear, keeled, spreading or recurved, thickish, 1-nerved, blue-glaucous: fls. medium size, rose-coloured (varying in cult. to purple, white and variegated), the blade of the petal fringed a fourth or fifth of its depth; calyx cylindrical, with short broad-topped mucronate bracts. Austria to Siberia. Hardy. Much used in old-fashioned gardens as edging for beds. There are double-fld. forms. A more continuous-blooming form is catalogued as var. semperflorens.


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