Cottage Pink Dianthus Pink Celebration - Hardy Fragrant Perennial

Dianthus Pink Celebration is a delightful cottage pink variety, prized for its beautifully fragrant blooms and reliable garden performance. This hardy perennial produces an abundance of soft pink, fringed flowers throughout the summer months, filling borders and containers with colour and a wonderful clove-like scent. With its compact, mound-forming habit and attractive silver-green foliage, Pink Celebration is an excellent choice for cottage gardens, rockeries, path edging and patio containers.

Supplied as a well-established 5L root-ball plant, ready to plant out into the garden or a decorative container for an instant display.

Key Features:

• Fragrant, soft pink fringed flowers throughout summer
• Hardy herbaceous perennial - returns year after year
• Compact, mound-forming growth habit
• Attractive evergreen to semi-evergreen silvery-green foliage
• Ideal for borders, rockeries, path edging, cottage gardens and containers
• Attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators
• Low maintenance and drought tolerant once established
• Supplied as a well-established 5L root-ball plant

Planting and Care:

Plant in a position that receives full sun for the best flowering results. Dianthus thrive in well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil and do not enjoy sitting in waterlogged conditions. Deadhead spent flowers regularly to encourage further blooms and maintain a tidy appearance. A light trim after flowering helps to keep growth compact and promotes healthy new foliage. Water during prolonged dry spells, particularly in the first growing season while the plant establishes.

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Dianthus 'Pink Celebration'
• Common Names: Cottage Pink, Pinks, Garden Pinks
• Classification: Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 25–40 cm x 30–40 cm
• Growth Habit: Compact, Mound-Forming Perennial
• Perfect for: Borders, Rockeries, Path Edging, Cottage Gardens, Containers
• Flowering Time: Summer (June to August)
• Planting Position: Full Sun
• Soil Type: Well-Drained, Neutral to Alkaline
• Attracts: Bees, Butterflies and Pollinators
• Type: Hardy Perennial
• Foliage: Evergreen to Semi-Evergreen, Narrow Silvery-Green Leaves
• Fragrance: Yes - Sweet, Clove-Like Scent

Notes: This listing is for the Pink Celebration variety, featuring soft pink fringed blooms with a sweet fragrance.