Fire Star Dianthus
Dianthus pink ”Fire Star”
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial
Height at Maturity: 6-9″
Width at Maturity: 10-12″ +
Spacing: 12″ for mass plantings; 24″+ for space between plants
Spacing: 12″ for mass plantings; 24″+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brilliant Red
Flower Size: 1″
Flowering Period: Mid to Late Spring, sporadically in Summer
Flower Type: Double
Fragrant Flowers: Yes, clove scented
Foliage Color: Blue-Gray
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: –
Berry Color: –
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Damp to Moist But Well-Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
A hybrid Dianthus cultivar prized for its compact growth, heat tolerance, fragrant blooms, abundant flowering and extended bloom period, Fire Star displays abundant clove-scented brilliant red flowers with a deeper crimson eye that appear in a lengthy late spring to early summer bloom. The flowers are perched atop stems rising 8 inches tall and slightly above the mound of attractive, evergreen, greyish blue-green foliage. This one is very heat tolerant, sporadically blooms through summer, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Landscape & Garden Uses
An upright grower to around 8 inches tall and about a 12 inches wide, Fire Star Dianthus is ideal for use as an accent or grouping in smaller garden spaces or as a border along paths and walkways or surrounding patios or garden beds. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, cut flower gardens, cottage gardens, sunny perennial gardens and red theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 12 inches apart for mass plantings; 24 inches apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Dianthus are very easy to grow in most any moist to somewhat dry well-drained soil of average to low fertility and full to mostly sun. Some shade is tolerated however flowering will be diminished in too much shade. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering and overall performance. Plant with the top of the root ball even with ground level. Care and maintenance are minimal. Spent flowers can be deadheaded. Feed in spring with an organic plant food.
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