Delilah™ Magenta Dianthus
Dianthus plumaris
Description | Bright magenta flowers bloom continuously from early spring until autumn, providing a wonderful spicy clove-like fragrance. Prolific flowers are held on sturdy stems above a tidy, low maintenance mound of silver-green foliage. Great for carefree landscape borders. Remains evergreen in warmer winter regions. |
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Light | Full sun, Partial sun |
Watering | Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. |
Blooms | Spring, summer |
Mature Size | Moderate growing; reaches 10 in. tall, 14 in. wide. |
Deciduous/Evergreen | Herbaceous |
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Special Features | Easy Care, Waterwise, Fast Growing, Compact Form |
Growth Rate | Moderate |
Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers |
Landscape Use | Border, Container, Ground Cover, Edging |
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Flower Color | Purplish-pink |
Foliage Color | Blue-green |
Companion Plants | Bellflower (Campanula); Daylily (Hemerocallis); Coneflower (Echinacea); Creeping Phlox (Phlox); Beardtongue (Penstemon) |
Care | Provide enriched, neutral to slightly alkaline, loose, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates mild drought. Apply fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Remove spent blooms to encourage heavier blooming. |
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This Plant's Growing Zones: 4-9

Your USDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 5
Good to grow!
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Earl May Garden Center 7701 S.e. Bloomfield Road
Des Moines, Iowa 50320 -
Devries Outdoors 5430 Lower Beaver Rd.
Des Moines, Iowa 50310 -
Ted Lare Design 2701 Cumming Ave.
Cumming, Iowa 50061
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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.