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Dianthus Chinensis "Red" 15cmPot
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Dianthus Chinensis "Red" 15cmPot
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Weight: 2.00 kg
🌺 Dianthus ‘Red’
Botanical Name: Dianthus chinensis
Common Names: China Pink, Garden Pink, Dianthus
📌 Product Description
Dianthus ‘Red’ is a compact, free-flowering plant producing vibrant deep red, frilled blooms that stand out beautifully against its neat green foliage. With its tidy, mounded growth habit and lightly clove-scented flowers, this variety is ideal for adding bold colour to garden beds, borders, rockeries, and containers.
Well-suited to South African conditions, Dianthus performs best in cooler seasons and provides reliable, long-lasting colour in spring and early summer.
📏 Size When Fully Grown
- Height: approx. 20 – 40 cm
- Spread: approx. 20 – 30 cm
- Growth Habit: Compact, bushy, mounded
- Growth Rate: Moderate
🌱 Best Growing Conditions
- Light: Full sun (essential for best flowering)
- Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil; prefers slightly alkaline to neutral soil
- Water:
- Moderate watering
- Allow soil to dry slightly between watering
- Avoid waterlogging
- Feeding: Apply a balanced fertiliser every 4 weeks during active growth
- Maintenance:
- Deadhead spent blooms to encourage repeat flowering
- Trim lightly after flowering to maintain shape
🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)
- Best Planting Time: Late winter to spring (July – October)
- Growing Season: Spring to early summer
- Flowering Season: Spring through early summer
- Climate Suitability: Thrives in temperate climates; tolerates light frost if soil is well-drained
🌼 Additional Benefits
- Bright, eye-catching colour
- Lightly fragrant blooms
- Low maintenance and easy to grow
- Suitable for both garden beds and containers
🌿 Ideal Uses
✔ Garden borders
✔ Rockeries
✔ Patio pots
✔ Mass planting for seasonal colour
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