Sweetness delilah purple dianthus
Dianthus plumarius 'Sweetness'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sweetness' delilah purple dianthus (Dianthus plumarius 'Sweetness') is an annual for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and rock gardens. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping, evergreen mound and blooms in early to late spring with fragrant flowers that draw butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. It sits low on the menu for deer and rabbits.
Pairs well with Cheerfulness daffodil, Supertunia Vista Bubblegum petunia, Blonde Ambition blue grama, and Clustered bellflower.