Dianthus Chinensis "Red" 15cmPot

🌺 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