Dianthus chinensis
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Read about Dianthus chinensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Dianthus chinensis, Linn. (D. sinensis, Hort.). Fig. 1254. Cespitose, glabrous, more or less creeping at base: st. forking, angled and more or less grooved, pubescent : lvs. broad and nearly flat or slightly trough-shaped , 3-5-nerved: fls. large, solitary or more or less clustered, pink or lilac; the petals (at least in the wild) barbed or hairy toward the base; calyx-bracts 4, in some cult. vars. short. China and Japan; but recent authorities consider a European pink to be but a form of it, and thereby extend its range west to Portugal. B.M. 25. The Amoor pink (D. dentosus, Fisch.) is a form known as var. macrosepalus, Franch.: it is a hardy border plant, 1 ft. high, with bright red fls. and a spot at base of each petal. Var. asper, Koch (D. Seguieri, Auth.). has fls. in panicles, and the bracts squarrose - spreading: the European form of the species. D. semperflorens, Hort., is a hardy perennial form, 12-18 in., with silvery foliage and deep pink, red-eyed, fragrant fls. D. chinensis has given rise to a beautiful and variable race of garden pinks, var. Heddewigii, Regel (D. Heddewigii, Hort.). These are extensively grown from seeds, and are practically annuals, although plants may survive the winter and give a feeble bloom m the spring in mild climates. The fls. are scarcely odorous. They are single and double, of many vivid colors; and many of the garden forms have bizarre markings. Gt. 7:328. G. 2:537. In some forms, var. laciniatus. Regel (D. laciniatus, Hort.), the petals are slashed and cut. G. 2:538. G.Z. 6:1. D. imperialis, Hort., is a name applied to a strain with strong habit and rather tall growth, mostly double. C. diadematus, Hort., in another garden strain. G. 2:538. D. cincinnatus, Lem., is a red form with shredded petals. I.H. 11:388. D. hybridus, Hort., is another set. This name (D. hybridus) is also applied to a dentosus-like form, which some regard as a hybrid of D. dentosus and some other species. A recent race of the garden pinks, with narrow petals and a star-like effect, is var. stellaris, (D. stellaris, Hort.). For portraits of garden pinks, see B.M. 5536. F.S. 11:1150; 12:1288-9; 13:1380-1. Gn. 49:82.—The garden pinks are of easy cult. Seeds may be sown in the open where the plants are to stand, but better results are obtained, at least in the N., if plants are started in the house. Plants bloom after the first fall frosts. They grow 10-16 in. high, and should be planted 6-8 in. apart. They are very valuable for borders and flower-gardens. Species - names now referred to D. chinensis are D. caucasicus, Sims, D. ibericus, Willd., D. ruthenicus, Roem., D. montanus, Bieb., D. collinus, Waldst. & Kit., representing the European extension of the species. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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