I have been enjoying the Giant Dianthus plants that I have been keeping on my front porch. I expected them to burn out as soon as the temperatures exceeded 80 degrees. They haven’t, surprising me with fringed flowers in shades of pink almost daily. The snapdragons are still hanging on as well. Laziness and distaste for throwing anything away that might possibly flower made me keep the snaps around. I was rewarded with a few more flowers, dwarf when compared to the earlier ones, but a nice accessory to the delicate dianthus flowers.
The vase belonged to my mother. It was her go-to container for pansies and a perfect size for the dianthus. I am wondering if this was once a jam jar, it has a very jammy vibe. This vase has some wonderful scents, basil flowers, dianthus and salvia; sweet, spicy and herbal. I am enjoying walking by.
The close up:
Giant Dianthus in pink; yellow snaps; a few sprigs of Genovese Basil flowers; ‘White Flame’ Salvia and ‘Golf Beauty’ Craspedia in yellow.
Pink snapdragons, a few sprigs of Tropical Red Salvia in white with Asian Sword Ferns and Asparagus Ferns for greenery.
This is a stuffed jam jar!
Thank you to Cathy for hosting this week (and every week) To see more vase follow this link to her blog. http://www.ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com
Happy Gardening!!
The Shrub Queen 
I love how bright and cheerful this is, pink and yellow are so upbeat!
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Thanks, Eliza. Spring happiness.
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Using a jam jar is so perfect….I love the pink profusion that lasted for your vase. And the added accents of plant and foliage bring it all together. We are getting hot temps this week but we will get back to reality next week.
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Thanks..I guess you are getting a spring teaser..
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Love your jam jar full of flowers. I have a jar just like it, complete with the lid. Your mother was right – it would be perfect for pansies.
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Thanks Su.. the lid has been gone for decades!
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Seeing your stuffed jam jar makes me so excited to think of the promise of abundance later on in the season, after the last few months of relative austerity. Did you manage to find out details of the variety of your dianthus and antirrhinum? The two different types of ferns really add to the overall effect today – what a great vase all round!
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Thank you, Cathy. I’m looking forward to seeing the abundance too. I found the Dianthus tag.. Dianthus spp. it said. There were a couple listed online one on RHS (hopefully remembered that right) website but nothing definitive for Giant.
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Is it one that is still unlisted, perhaps? They wanted you to try it out, didn’t they?
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That is entirely possible. I will have to ask the owners. I did not realize how many types of Dianthus there are.
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You still have your Golf Beauty going. The winter annuals are winding down.
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I think? Golf Beauty is a summer annual…we will see. I’m interested to see how long the Dianthus lasts.
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I must have had some Dianthus in a front bed where the deer ate almost everything. This spring one appeared and bloomed. It was all alone in the bed.
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That’s great.. always nice to get a garden surprise
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It’s the best.
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Someone (another blogger) once told me that pink and yellow flowers shouldn’t be mixed, which came as a surprise to me. I think they combine beautifully as your arrangement demonstrates. I hope you don’t swing into summer too quickly. The forecasters have been predicting 80F temperatures here for several days but, so far, they haven’t hit my area – I hope they take their time reaching you too.
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I have noted a lot of people freak out about pink and orange, though I like that too..I hope summer stays away for a while as well.
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Dianthus are just wonderful flowers. Yours look lovely in this combination.
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Thank you, Susie. I have had very few in Florida, but they seem to do great in winter.
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Is this type of dianthus perennial? Ours, which we have not grown in at least a year, are discarded like cool season annuals, but have potential to survive through summer, and regenerate for autumn.
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This Dianthus is a bit of a mystery. I doubt it would grow in the ground here. It looks more like carnations than the garden dianthus.
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Is it a feral pink?
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pink, darker pink and white mix.
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I mean the common name of Dianthus deltoides rather than the color.
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No, that’s not it..lighter pink flowers that are bigger with more fringe.
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On first look I thought you arrangement was a large one, but having described your vase I get the scale. I admire the efforts you take to grow cooler temperature plants. I think your vase may have been a cut glass jam container, for the days when ‘posh’ people would decant any condiment into fancy glass or porcelain dishes for use at the dining table or set out buffet style on the sideboard. A sort of fashion statement that started to die out by the end of the twentieth century!
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Thank you, Noelle. A posh jam jar! I love it.
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It would have had a cut glass lid too, with perhaps a little dink at the side to accommodate a silver spoon.
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Ah, I remember it now. Thank you.
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I see what you mean about the jammy vibes Amelia and I can just imagine it filled with pansies. Those fringed pinks are so pretty – did you grow them from seed? We might get to just below 70 degrees next week – just for a couple of days 😂
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The pinks were grown by a local nursery l like them and would like more. I’m not sure exactly what they are. You’re getting a heat wave!
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A nice herby mix today Amelia. Does your Basil grow all year round if it is flowering now? I grow it as an annual, sowing in June and it rarely gets a chance to flower as I harvest it constantly all summer! It looks lovely in a vase though, so perhaps I should let a bit flower this summer. 😃
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Thanks Cathy I grow basil year round, the ones flowering were planted in December I started a new batch a couple of weeks ago. Dill and thyme are winter only, oregano, rosemary and bay leaves year round. The scent from the flowers was wonderful, the plants peter out after four months or so.
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