| Scientific Name: | Dianthus barbatus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | sweet William |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Fragrance, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Slender herbaceous perennial; leaves opposite on swollen nodes, lanceolate, most 6-10cm long x 1-2cm wide; flowers radial, sessile, in dense cymose clusters, most petals ruffled or frilled, vibrant purple-pink, clove-like scent. | |