Fruit Punch® Black Cherry Frost Pinks

Description

Dianthus 'Black Cherry Frost'

Height: 10 inches
Spread: 12 inches
Sunlight: full sun
Hardiness Zone: 3b
Other Names: Border Pinks, Cheddar Pinks

Description:
Awesome flowers are velvety red with fine, serrated, near white edges, above mounds of silvery blue foliage; great for flower arrangements; deadhead to re-bloom; pair up with summer blooming perennials and annuals to time a continued display.

Ornamental Features:
Fruit Punch® Black Cherry Frost Pinks has masses of beautiful fragrant red frilly flowers with creamy white edges at the ends of the stems from early summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive narrow leaves remain grayish green in color with hints of silvery blue throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes:
Fruit Punch® Black Cherry Frost Pinks is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

Planting & Growing:
Fruit Punch® Black Cherry Frost Pinks will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 8 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.Fruit Punch® Black Cherry Frost Pinks is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

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