{"id":10548,"date":"2014-07-16T06:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10548"},"modified":"2014-07-13T00:55:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T07:55:30","slug":"perfect-pink-pinks-dianthus-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/dianthus\/perfect-pink-pinks-dianthus-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Dianthus the Perfect Pink Pinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Indian Pink by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3743348860\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3521\/3743348860_e9b329df86.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bright brash &#8216;Indian Pinks&#8217; are verging on red in this cultivar. It looked great in the first season but I lost the plant over winter so perhaps the variety should be grown as an annual. All that glitters is not Pink. I hope to do better with a new bed I have created just for a collection of Pinks or Dianthus plumarius<\/p>\n<p>Pinks prefer neutral to limey soil and Rhododendrons like soil on the acidic side yet these two plants have thrived together for several years and both produce a good show of flowers in their season. The soil is very open and reasonably fertile and I leave them to their own devices.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Single pinks by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6014612442\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6129\/6014612442_7eca88cef1.jpg\" alt=\"Single pinks\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe same clump in winter.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Pinks &amp; Rhododendron by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3384665747\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3564\/3384665747_e212f2b05c.jpg\" alt=\"Pinks &amp; Rhododendron\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Top Feeding and Watering Tips<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed regularly during the growing season with a rose or tomato fertiliser.<\/li>\n<li>Feeding is particularly important after the first flush of blooms has finished in order to encourage them to flower again.<\/li>\n<li>Pinks will tolerate dry conditions but will only produce continuous flowers if you water regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Water the base of the plant to avoid damaging the blooms.<\/li>\n<li>Do not over water young plants and make sure excess water can drain away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dianthus Species of Pinks<\/h2>\n<p>Dianthus alpinus &#8211; Alpine Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus amurensis &#8211; Amur Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus arenarius &#8211; Sand Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus armeria &#8211; Deptford Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus carthusianorum &#8211; Carthusian Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus caryophyllus &#8211; Carnation or Clove Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus chinensis &#8211; China Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus deltoides &#8211; Maiden Pinks with green foliage<br \/>\nDianthus gallicus &#8211; French Pink or Jersey Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus gratianopolitanus &#8211; Cheddar Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus monspessulanus &#8211; Fringed Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus microlepsis &#8211; Tiny 1&#8243; high species<br \/>\nDianthus myrtinervius &#8211; Albanian Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus plumarius &#8211; Garden Pinks, Wild Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus seguieri &#8211; Sequier&#8217;s Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus superbus &#8211; Large Pinks<br \/>\nDianthus x hybrid &#8211; Sweet Pinks<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pink Night Star by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6014060499\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6017\/6014060499_b510153e16.jpg\" alt=\"Pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Star series are single Dwarf Pinks\u00c2\u00a0 notable for their toughness and hardiness. Most varieties like the Night Star above will make a lovely compact mound of grey-green foliage, topped by a mass of sweet smelling flowers. They will repeat flower if dead headed and fed. Ideal for planting in rockeries, containers or pots. Flowering height approximately 5 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds and plants are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=pinks\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dianthus pinks from species 1 inch to 15 inches tall all with scent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dianthus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}