List of Award of Garden Merit dianthus explained

Below is a list of Dianthus species and cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This is an important group of more-or-less fragrant summer-flowering perennial garden plants, which can be divided into three main groups:-

Carnations can be further divided into hardy border types, which grow outside, and perpetual flowering types which are usually grown under glass to provide cut flowers and buttonholes all year round.

The list does not currently include any sweet william cultivars.

name type colour fragrance Height (cm) ref
Alfriston border carnation red (coral) strong 50 [1]
Anders Kath Phillips perpetual carnation cream/purple 100 [2]
Ann Franklin perpetual carnation yellow 90 [3]
Becky Robinson pink pink (pale)/red medium 40 [4]
Betty Morton pink pink (deep)/maroon medium 50 [5]
Brian Tumbler border carnation yellow (pale) edged red 75 [6]
Brilliant Star pink white/dark red medium 50 [7]
Bryony Lisa border carnation white/dark red 50 [8]
Carmine Letitia Wyatt pink pink (salmon) slight 30 [9]
Chesswood Barbara Arif border carnation white edged purple 70 [10]
Chesswood Lidgett border carnation white edged dark red 70 [11]
Chesswood Margaret Alison border carnation rose/pink strong 100 [12]
Chris Crew border carnationyellow/red 50 [13]
Claret Joy pink pink (deep) 50 [14]
Coronation Ruby pink pink/maroon medium 45 [15]
pink white/maroon slight 35 [16]
Dainty Dame pink white/maroon strong 25 [17]
David Russell border carnation white/crimson medium 50 [18]
David Saunders border carnation white/red medium 50 [19]
Devon Dove pink white medium 45 [20]
Devon Flavia pink pink (pale) strong 35 [21]
Devon Wizard pink pink (deep) strong 25 [22]
Diane pink pink (salmon) medium 30 [23]
Dianthus alpinus pink (cerise) 10 [24]
Dianthus deltoides pink (cerise) 20 [25]
Dianthus gratianopolitanus pink (rose) strong 15 [26]
Doris pink pink (pale) medium 40 [27]
Eileen Neal border carnation red strong 50 [28]
Eileen O'Connor border carnation orange slight 30 [29]
Evening Star pink pink/maroon medium 10 [30]
Flanders border carnation scarlet 50 [31]
Golden Cross border carnation yellow (pale) none 50 [32]
Gran's Favourite pink white/pink medium 50 [33]
Grey Dove border carnation grey/pink medium 50 [34]
Hannah Louise border carnation yellow/orange none 50 [35]
Haytor Rock pink white/crimson 30 [36]
Haytor White pink white medium 40 [37]
Hazel Ruth border carnation white/red 50 [38]
Houndspool Cheryl pink scarlet none 30 [39]
Houndspool Ruby pink rose pink (deep) medium 50 [40]
Incas perpetual carnation cream/red medium 100 [41]
India Star pink pink/red medium 10 [42]
Inshriach Dazzler pink pink/grey medium 10 [43]
Irene Della-Torré border carnation white/pink medium 75 [44]
Jean Knight border carnation white/purple 50 [45]
Joan's Blood (Dianthus alpinus) alpine pink (deep) 10 [46]
John Sandall border carnation white/red 60 [47]
Joy pink pink 35 [48]
Kathleen Hitchcock border carnation pink (coral) slight 50 [49]
Kesteven Kirkstead pink white/maroon medium 30 [50]
Kristina perpetual pink (pale) edged purple slight 100 [51]
La Bourboule pink pink (rose) medium 10 [52]
='Wp04 Idare' pink white/purple strong 35 [53]
Letitia Wyatt pink pink medium 25 [54]
='Wp05 Idare' pink pink (deep) strong 50 [55]
Linfield Dorothy Perry pink white slight 30 [56]
Linfield Kathy Booker pink white/maroon edged pink strong 50 [57]
Maisie Neal border carnation pink (salmon) 50 [58]
Mambo perpetual carnation yellow (pale) 150 [59]
Maureen Lambert perpetual carnation red strong 100 [60]
Michael Saunders border Carnation pink/purple 50 [61]
Milky Way perpetual white 100 [62]
Monica Wyatt pink pink (pale)/maroon strong 30 [63]
pink pink/red 30 [64]
Natalie Saunders border carnation white/purple slight 50 [65]
Neon Star pink purple/pink medium 50 [66]
Nichola Ann border carnation white slight 50 [67]
Night Star pink maroon/pink 30 [68]
Peter Wood border carnation pink/red 50 [69]
Pike's Pink pink pink (pale) medium 15 [70]
Pixie Star pink pink/red 20 [71]
Prado Mint perpetual yellow/green 100 [72]
Red Star pink pink (deep) 10 [73]
='Wp09 Wen04' pink salmon strong 35 [74]
Rose Joy pink pink (cerise) medium 50 [75]
Rose Monica Wyatt pink pink (rose) strong 60 [76]
Sandra Neal border carnation yellow (apricot)/pink 50 [77]
='Wp05 Pp22' pink rose medium 21 [78]
Spinfield Joy border carnation cream/purple 65 [79]
Tamsin Fifield border carnation white/red 50 [80]
='Devon Pp11' pink pink (lavender) strong 30 [81]
Uncle Teddy border carnation white/maroon slight 45 [82]
Valda Wyatt pink pink (rose) medium 35 [83]
='Kovian' perpetual cream/dark red 100 [84]
Whatfield Cancan pink pink medium 20 [85]
Whatfield Magenta pink pink (magenta) slight 20 [86]
White Joy pink white/pale pink medium 55 [87]
Whitehill pink pink/red 10 [88]
pink pink (pale) medium 50 [89]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Alfriston'. 14 February 2020.
  2. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Anders Kath Phillips'. 14 February 2020.
  3. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Ann Franklin'. 14 February 2020.
  4. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Becky Robinson'. 14 February 2020.
  5. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Betty Morton'. 14 February 2020.
  6. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Brian Tumbler'. 14 February 2020.
  7. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Brilliant Star'. 14 February 2020.
  8. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Bryony Lisa'. 14 February 2020.
  9. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Carmine Letitia Wyatt'. 14 February 2020.
  10. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Barbara Arif'. 14 February 2020.
  11. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Lidgett' . 14 February 2020.
  12. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chesswood Margaret Alison' . 14 February 2020.
  13. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Chris Crew'. 14 February 2020.
  14. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Claret Joy'. 14 February 2020.
  15. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Coronation Ruby'. 14 February 2020.
  16. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Cranmere Pool'. 14 February 2020.
  17. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Dainty Dame'. 14 February 2020.
  18. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'David Russell'. 14 February 2020.
  19. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'David Saunders'. 14 February 2020.
  20. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Dove'. 14 February 2020.
  21. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Flavia'. 14 February 2020.
  22. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Devon Wizard'. 14 February 2020.
  23. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Diane'. 14 February 2020.
  24. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus alpinus. 14 February 2020.
  25. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus deltoides. 14 February 2020.
  26. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Diathus gratianopolitanus. 14 February 2020.
  27. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Doris'. 14 February 2020.
  28. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Eileen Neal'. 14 February 2020.
  29. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Eileen O'Connor'. 14 February 2020.
  30. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Evening Star'. 14 February 2020.
  31. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Flanders'. 14 February 2020.
  32. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Golden Cross'. 14 February 2020.
  33. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Gran's Favourite'. 14 February 2020.
  34. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Grey Dove'. 14 February 2020.
  35. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Hannah Louise'. 14 February 2020.
  36. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Haytor Rock'. 14 February 2020.
  37. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Haytor White'. 14 February 2020.
  38. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Hazel Ruth'. 14 February 2020.
  39. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Houndspool Cheryl'. 14 February 2020.
  40. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Houndspool Ruby'. 14 February 2020.
  41. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Incas'. 14 February 2020.
  42. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'India Star'. 14 February 2020.
  43. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Inshriach Dazzler'. 14 February 2020.
  44. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Irene Della-Torré'. 14 February 2020.
  45. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Jean Knight'. 14 February 2020.
  46. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus alpinus 'Joan's Blood'. 14 February 2020.
  47. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'John Sandall'. 14 February 2020.
  48. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Joy'. 14 February 2020.
  49. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kathleen Hitchcock'. 14 February 2020.
  50. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kesteven Kirkstead'. 14 February 2020.
  51. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Kristina'. 14 February 2020.
  52. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'La Bourboule'. 14 February 2020.
  53. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Lady Madonna=Wp04 Idare . 14 February 2020.
  54. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Letitia Wyatt'. 14 February 2020.
  55. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Lily the Pink='Wp05' Idare . 14 February 2020.
  56. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Linfield Dorothy Perry'. 14 February 2020.
  57. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Linfield Kathy Booker'. 14 February 2020.
  58. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Maisie Neal'. 14 February 2020.
  59. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Mambo'. 14 February 2020.
  60. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Maureen Lambert'. 14 February 2020.
  61. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Michael Saunders'. 14 February 2020.
  62. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Milky Way'. 14 February 2020.
  63. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Monica Wyatt'. 14 February 2020.
  64. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Moulin Rouge'. 14 February 2020.
  65. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Natalie Saunders'. 14 February 2020.
  66. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Neon Star'. 14 February 2020.
  67. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Nichola Ann'. 14 February 2020.
  68. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Night Star'. 14 February 2020.
  69. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Peter Wood'. 14 February 2020.
  70. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Pike's Pink'. 14 February 2020.
  71. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Pixie Star'. 14 February 2020.
  72. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Prado Mint'. 14 February 2020.
  73. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Red Star'. 14 February 2020.
  74. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Romance='Wp09 Wen04'. 14 February 2020.
  75. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Rose Joy'. 14 February 2020.
  76. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Rose Monica Wyatt'. 14 February 2020.
  77. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Sandra Neal'. 14 February 2020.
  78. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22'. 14 February 2020.
  79. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Sandra Neal'. 14 February 2020.
  80. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Tamsin Fifield'. 14 February 2020.
  81. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11'. 14 February 2020.
  82. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Uncle Teddy'. 14 February 2020.
  83. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Valda Wyatt'. 14 February 2020.
  84. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus Viana=Kovian . 14 February 2020.
  85. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Whatfield Cancan'. 14 February 2020.
  86. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Whatfield Magenta'. 14 February 2020.
  87. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'White Joy'. 14 February 2020.
  88. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Whitehill'. 1 June 2013.
  89. Web site: RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Widecombe Fair'. 14 February 2020.

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