Description
Common Name: Dianthus ‘Rockin Purple’
Botanical Name: Dianthus x barbatus
Compact, clump-forming perennial with a mounded habit. Produces abundant lacy, slightly scented violet-purple blooms with fine, frilly edges atop dark green, linear foliage. Blooms begin in late spring and continue into fall; trimming after the first bloom flush promotes rebloom.
Blooms: Late spring through fall; reblooms with deadheading
Zone: 5–8 | Full sun to part shade
Height: 18–24″
Spread: 10–14″
Perennial, evergreen in milder climates, low-maintenance, attracts pollinators, and drought and deer tolerant.
Great for borders, gardens, containers, rock gardens, and cut flower arrangements.