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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug, Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Perennials, Herb/Forb, Annual, Herbaceous Perennial, Houseplant, Poisonous
Lifespan
Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Flower
Flowers 5-parted with a frilled margin, often fragrant, shades of pink, red, often bicolor with white.
Fruit
The capsule is 1-celled, opening by 4 valves, the fruit is dry and splits open when ripe with numerous, shield-shaped blackish-brown seeds.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Bees
Moths
Songbirds
Taxonomy
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Dianthus