References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

Pink is an easy colour to use in perennial borders and rock gardens and the genus Dianthus provides for plenty of pinks. Flowers may be single, semi-double or double; single forms have five petals.

This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...