I love the old fashioned, cottage garden plant commonly called Sweet William. Diantus barbatus is easy to grow from seed and although in some places it’s called a perennial, you’re better off thinking of this as a biennial. This plant grows one year, blooms the next and sometimes comes back…usually it self-seeds. Don’t bother with the dwarf variety – it’s wimpy. Grow the real thing and you’ll have flowers from late-May into July, good stems for cutting and sweet, spicy fragrance.

Grow this Dianthus in the perennial garden or cutting garden.

Grow this Dianthus in the perennial garden or cutting garden.

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Grow this Dianthus in the perennial garden or cutting garden.
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