Rockin’™ Red Dianthus Seeds

Brilliant color is only the beginning
Would you look at this big, tall, bushy Rockin™ Red Dianthus. No shrinking violet, Rockin™ Red Dianthus is as vigorous and determined to bloom as its size would indicate. And the flowers are gorgeous—neatly serrated and suffused with fire-engine-red petals around a small rosy-pink eye. Best of all is that this interspecific hybrid is prepared to overwinter all the way through zone 5 in the north. No more buying new plants for a few years.Rockin™ Red Dianthus is a cross of D. barbatus (the beloved Bachelors Button) with other species, and Rockin™ Red Dianthus has the best merits of all of them. The blooms are incredibly profuse in sunny to partly shaded settings. Cut them for the vase and their subtle clove-like scent really comes into its own indoors; let them stay in the garden and they are a siren for butterflies. Rockin™ Red Dianthus is so tall, sturdy, and profuse.And Rockin™ Red Dianthus backs up all that beauty with superior garden performance. Rockin™ Red Dianthus grows robustly and puts up with environmental challenges from heat and humidity to poor soil, reaching 18 to 24 inches high (seriously) and up to a foot wide. When winter comes, Rockin™ Red Dianthus will die back in colder areas, but pop right up again in spring. At last, a dianthus that can survive severe weather like a true perennial.Deer leave Rockin™ Red Dianthus alone, but pollinators adore Rockin™ Red Dianthus. And the seed is easy to start in the Bio Dome indoors in late winter or in the garden after danger of frost. Rockin™ Red Dianthus likes full sun in the north, dappled or part shade farther south and west.
Genus:Dianthus
Species:x barbatus interspecific
Variety:Rockin’™ Red
Item Form:(P) Pkt of 10 seeds
Zone:5 – 8
Bloom Start to End:Early Summer – Late Summer
Habit:Upright
Seeds Per Pack:10
Plant Height:18 in – 24 in
Plant Width:10 in – 12 in
Bloom Size:2 in
Additional Characteristics:Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Double Blooms, Easy Care Plants, Flower, Fragrance, Free Bloomer, Hummingbird Lovers, Needs Deadheading, Repeat Bloomer, Rose Companions
Bloom Color:Red, Rose
Foliage Color:Medium Green
Light Requirements:Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture Requirements:Dry, Moist,  well-drained
Resistance:Cold Hardy, Deer Resistance, Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Pest Resistant
Soil Tolerance:Clay, Normal,  loamy, Poor
Uses:Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Outdoor, Winter Interest