| Scientific Name: | Dianthus chinensis (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | dianthus, China pink |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Violet, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Swollen nodes; leaves opposite, lanceolate-linear, most 5-10cm long x 2-9mm wide; florets in cymose clusters of 10-15, each 3-4cm wide with 5 fringed petals and a purple centre. | |