Property News · June 24, 2017

Plant of the week: Carthusian pink


Not everyone likes bright pink flowers. But they’re wrongThis plant may have been named after an order of monks that dates back to the 11th century, but Dianthus carthusianorum is a particularly useful one for our small modern gardens. It has magenta flowers from now to late summer, held on slim stems around 40-50cm tall above a nest of strap-like leaves, and works well amid grasses in gravel and prairie gardens. As garden writer Val Bourne has noted, it has the same see-through quality that turned Verbena bonariensis into a garden favourite – only this is evergreen, so you’ll have foliage all winter, too. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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