Description
Cottage Pink Dianthus Sugar Plum ? Fragrant Hardy Perennial
Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum’ is a beautiful cottage garden pink, producing richly fragrant, semi-double flowers in shades of dusky plum-pink with a deeper eye. A reliable hardy perennial, this variety brings colour and scent to borders, rockeries, and patio containers throughout the summer months. The neat, compact habit and silvery blue-green evergreen foliage provide year-round interest, even when not in flower.
This plant is supplied as a well-established specimen in a 5L root ball, ready for planting straight into the garden or a generously sized container.
What’s Included:
- 1 x Cottage Pink Dianthus Sugar Plum Plant
- Supplied in a 5L Root Ball
Key Features:
- Beautifully fragrant semi-double flowers in dusky plum-pink tones
- Hardy perennial ? comes back year after year
- Long summer flowering period
- Compact, mound-forming habit ? ideal for borders, rockeries, edging and containers
- Attractive silvery blue-green evergreen foliage
- Excellent for cutting ? brings fragrance indoors
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant once established
Cultural Information:
- Botanical Name: Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum’
- Common Names: Cottage Pink, Pinks, Dianthus
- Classification: Hardy Evergreen Perennial
- Fully Grown Height & Spread: 30?40 cm ? 30?40 cm
- Growth Habit: Compact, Mound-Forming Perennial
- Perfect for: Borders, Rockeries, Edging, Cottage Gardens, Containers
- Flowering Time: Summer (June to September)
- Flower Colour: Dusky Plum-Pink with a Deeper Eye
- Fragrance: Yes ? Sweetly Scented
- Planting Position: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Well-Drained, Neutral to Alkaline
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy
- Attracts: Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators
- Foliage: Silvery Blue-Green, Evergreen, Narrow Leaves
Planting & Care Tips:
- Plant in a sunny position in well-drained soil ? Dianthus dislike waterlogged conditions
- Ideal in neutral to slightly alkaline soil; add horticultural grit to heavier soils to improve drainage
- Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage further flowering throughout summer
- Trim back lightly after flowering to maintain a tidy, compact shape
- Water during prolonged dry spells, but avoid overwatering
Notes: This variety is supplied in the Sugar Plum colour, featuring attractive dusky plum-pink toned flowers with a deeper contrasting eye.
