6 x Sweet William Plug Plants (Dianthus Barbatus)

Dianthus can be annuals, evergreen perennials or subshrubs with narrow, often greyish leaves and showy flowers that are frequently fragrant Details D. barbatus is a biennial or short-lived perennial with prostrate rosettes of wide, lanceolate green leaves and stiff, erect stems, thickened at the nodes, to 40-60cm tall, bearing many-flowered, terminal, flattened heads. Flowers come in many colours from white to darkest red, often in bicolour combinations, with the darker eyes and toothed petals characteristic of pinks and carnations. Cultivation Grow in a well-drained neutral to slightly acid soil in full sun Propagation Propagate by seed sown in late spring and plant out into flowering positions in the autumn Suggested planting locations and garden types Cut Flowers Flower borders and beds Cottage & Informal Garden How to care Pruning Deadhead as required Pests Can get aphids, slugs and caterpillars

• 6x sweet William plug plants