Dianthus deltoides seed
LATIN NAME: Dianthus deltoides
COMMON NAME: Maiden Pink
The maiden pink is a neat, mat-forming, evergreen perennial of the meadows and the gardens, and its fine, narrow, dark-green leaves and its many small, bright-pink or rose, deeply fringed, five-petalled flowers have made it a loved and hardy plant of the rock garden and the border. It grows as a low, mat-forming, evergreen perennial, reaching up to half a metre or less, with the low, creeping, mat-forming stems bearing the fine, narrow, pointed, dark-green leaves and, through the summer, the many small, bright-pink or rose, deeply fringed, five-petalled flowers, followed by the small, dry capsules of the fine seeds. It is a species of the flowering plant in the pink family, and it is native to the Europe and the western Asia, while it grows in the meadows and the open places, and it is known as the maiden pink.
The maiden pink belongs to the pink family, Caryophyllaceae, and it is a species of the low, mat-forming perennial, native to the Europe and the western Asia, while it grows in the meadows and the open places, and it is known as the maiden pink. It is prized for its many small, bright-pink, deeply fringed flowers.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The maiden pink has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the horticulture, since its low, mat-forming habit and its many small, bright-pink, deeply fringed flowers have made it a loved and hardy plant of the rock garden and the border, and researchers have examined its growth, its flowering and its cultivation, while its fine, neat, long-blooming habit has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a plant of the garden. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the meadows of the Europe and the western Asia, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the wild have been examined, while the ecology of the meadow plants has been of continuing interest, and its fine, narrow, dark-green leaves have been of interest to the botanists. The species has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the parts of the pinks contain a range of the useful compounds, and researchers have examined these constituents, while the study of the pink family has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine garden flower rather than a casual food. For a flower of such neat beauty, the maiden pink has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the maiden pink is a generous plant of the garden. Its many small, bright-pink, deeply fringed flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, low, mat-forming growth gives a neat, evergreen cover to the rock garden and the border. It is a plant of the cheerful, dependable kind.
Its economic value is real. The maiden pink is prized for its many small, bright-pink, deeply fringed flowers, and its beauty has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a plant of the garden, while its fine, neat, hardy, long-blooming habit has made it a loved plant of the rock garden and the border. For a grower, the maiden pink is an easy and rewarding perennial, and for a gardener it brings a mat-forming, bright-pink, fringed-flowered plant to the rock garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them lightly watered, and they’ll be sprouting readily, growing on into a mat-forming, bright-pink, fringed-flowered plant.
A wonderful species for the rock gardens with small flowers from white to crimson. It flowers from June to October and grows to a height of 8 inches
Sow from April to May in a cold frame. Germination takes upto 3 weeks. Transplant into final position