-=> Quoting Bill Maddux to Marilyn Boissoneault <=-
BM> I'd like to sell and relocate where I could really garden. 
BM> Dianthus is a very large genus. The list of varieties is
BM> extensive. The  Sweet Williams per say are most likely Dianthus
BM> barbatus. Cottage pinks is  another term that some use when
BM> referring to them. My two plants are  perennial. As far as
BM> fragrance goes I really haven't paid that much  attention. Mine
BM> grow near my Phlox divaricata plants and those usually  fill the
BM> Spring air with perfume. Although we don't have harsh Winters it 
BM> still freezes. I have this one Dianthus chinensis that I bought as a
I think I have a lot to learn about Dianthus and flowers in
general.  Thanks for all the info on the Dianthus family.   Hmmm
I've never grown Phlox, but they sound good if they smell good!!
I need to check and see if they'll grow here.
I have concentrated on veggies and never grown too many flowers.
Just sorta branching out recently and trying more flowers and
herbs.  I had a small flower bed in the front yard, but it has
never done too well, the weeds grew much better.  This year I
bought some large herb bowls and put them in the front and am
having much better luck with flowers.  I have always loved
pansies but they don't like our hot humid weather. I grew a
couple in pots last spring and was amazed how much happier they
were in pots than they ever have been in the ground.  So now I'm
experimenting with other flowers in pots. They seem  to grow
better, flower better and last longer. I don't think I'm growing
any perennials but then some perennials have to be treated like
annuals in our climate.
I just planted a few pentunia's, they should last all winter and
into the spring.  They don't have any perfume, but lot's of color
at least.
Marilyn
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