| Scientific Name: | Dianthus plumarius |
| Common Name: | cottage pink |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact, spreading mat, most cultivars <40cm tall; leaves linear, gray-green, evergreen, up to 10cm long.. | |