| Scientific Name: | Dianthus deltoides |
| Common Name: | maiden pink |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Oblong, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Plant forming a mat-like evergreen ground cover; leaves opposite, decurrent, most narrowly oblong, 1.5-2.5cm long x 8-11mm wide; florets 1.5-2cm wide, 5 fan-shaped petals with toothed margins, white, pink or red with darker spotted band near base, May-Jul. | |