Description
Fragrant Cottage Pink Dianthus Memories
Dianthus ‘Memories’ is a beautifully fragrant cottage pink perennial, cherished for its delicate, double blooms in soft pink tones. A reliable and long-lived garden plant, ‘Memories’ produces an abundance of sweetly scented flowers throughout the summer months, making it a wonderful addition to borders, rockeries, cottage gardens and patio containers.
With neat, compact growth and attractive silvery blue-green evergreen foliage, this hardy perennial provides year-round interest. The highly fragrant blooms are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors, filling your home with a classic clove-like scent.
What’s Included:
- 1 x Dianthus ‘Memories’ (Cottage Pink) supplied as a 5L root ball, ready for planting out
Key Features:
- Beautifully fragrant, double pink flowers
- Hardy perennial ? comes back year after year
- Long summer flowering period
- Compact, evergreen foliage for year-round structure
- Ideal for borders, rockeries, containers and cottage gardens
- Excellent as a cut flower
- Attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators
Cultural Information:
- Botanical Name: Dianthus ‘Memories’
- Common Names: Cottage Pink, Dianthus
- Classification: Hardy Evergreen Perennial
- Fully Grown Height & Spread: 25?40 cm ? 30?40 cm
- Growth Habit: Compact, Mound-Forming Perennial
- Perfect for: Borders, Rockeries, Cottage Gardens, Containers, Edging
- Flowering Time: Summer (June to August)
- Planting Position: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Well-Drained, Neutral to Alkaline
- Fragrance: Yes ? Sweet, Clove-Like Scent
- Attracts: Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators
- Type: Hardy Evergreen Perennial
- Foliage: Narrow, Silvery Blue-Green Evergreen Leaves
Planting Tips:
Plant in a sunny position in well-drained soil, ideally neutral to slightly alkaline. Avoid waterlogged conditions, particularly over winter. Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage further flowering throughout the season. A light trim after flowering helps maintain a tidy, compact shape.
Notes: This listing is for the variety ‘Memories’, a classic cottage pink with soft pink, highly fragrant double flowers.
