| Scientific Name: | Dianthus gratianopolitanus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | cheddar pink |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glaucous, Pubescent, Linear, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, White, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Forms a very dense, silverish mound or mat; swollen nodes; leaves opposite, linear, most 2-4cm long x 2-4mm wide, glaucous, bluish to greyish-green, margins entire and finely ciliate; cymes with a few flowers 2-3cm wide, petals bright pink, may appear torn on the tips, often with more central darker marking that forms a ring. | |