Dianthus (also called Maiden pink)
deltoides
'Flashing Light' (also 'Leuchtfunk')
Evergreen, mat-forming perennial grown for small but brilliant cerise blooms. The photo doesn't really do the colour justice - this is a stunning plant. Suitable for ground cover, bed edges, borders, gravel and rock gardens.
Dark green foliage all year round, flowers in summer.
Habit - low-growing, mat-forming. H: 10-15cm S: 20cm
Leaves - dark green, simple, oblong, narrow.
Flowers - single, up to 1.5cm across, borne singly, upward facing, 5 brilliant cerise petals with slightly darker outer edges, petals are serrated (or 'pinked') at the end.
Does best in full sun.
Prefers a gritty, well-drained, soil which has been enriched with compost or manure. Neutral to alkaline soil, dislikes acid soil.
Fully hardy.
Trim after flowering. Plants grown in more acid soil should have lime added. Apply a balanced fertiliser in spring.
By softwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots in summer, or by layering after flowering has finished.
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