🌸🌿 Cottage Pink Spring Beauty (Dianthus plumarius) – Mixed Colors – 50 Seeds

Bring the charm of an English cottage garden to your home with the Cottage Pink Spring Beauty (Dianthus plumarius) in mixed colors. These delightful perennial blooms feature fringed petals in soft pastels and vibrant hues, releasing a clove-like fragrance that fills the garden air. Perfect for borders, rock gardens, and containers, these plants attract butterflies and bees, adding color and life to your landscape.

🌱 Botanical Name: Dianthus plumarius

🌼 Key Features:

• Fragrant, double or semi-double blooms in mixed pinks, whites, and reds

• Perennial; returns every spring

• Attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies

• Ideal for cottage gardens, borders, pots, and edges

• Easy to grow and maintain

• Deer resistant

🌿 Growing Information:

🌍 Native To: Europe
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
🌱 Sowing Time:

• Indoors: 6–8 weeks before the last frost

• Outdoors: After the last frost in spring

🕰 Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
📏 Plant Height: 25–35 cm (10–14 inches)
📏 Spacing: 20–30 cm (8–12 inches)

🌱 Germination Time: 7–14 days
🌡 Germination Temperature: 18–22°C (65–72°F)

🌾 Soil & Watering:

• Soil Type: Well-draining, sandy or loamy soil

• Soil pH: Neutral to slightly alkaline (6.5–7.5)

• Watering: Keep soil moist but not waterlogged; once established, drought-tolerant

🧑🌾 Usage & Care:

• Ideal for cut flower arrangements due to long vase life

• Deadhead regularly to promote extended blooming

• Divide every 2–3 years for continued vigor

Each packet contains 0.5 g of Spring Beauty seeds which is about 50 seeds.

Dianthus Plumarius