Plant Information
Sweet™ Purple Dianthus
Product Information
2017-2018 Cut Flower Seed Catalog 2019 Ball Field Collection Ball Seed Cut Flower Guide Sweet F1 Dianthus is the best D. barbatus for your year-round productionBench Card
Download a Bench CardScientific Name: Dianthus barbatus
Common Name: Sweet William
Hardiness Zone: 6a - 8b
Hardiness Degree: 0°F (-17.8°C)
Blooming Season: Early Spring, Spring, Autumn, Winter
Plant Habit: Upright
Characteristics: Fragrant Flowers, Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Every two weeks
Spacing: 10 - 14" (25 - 36cm)
Height: 18 - 36" (46 - 91cm)
Width: 10 - 12" (25 - 30cm)
Exposure: Partial Sun, Sun
General Information: Rounded clusters of vivid blooms are colorful, long-lasting and very fragrant. The plants produce long, strong stems on full, frost-tolerant plants for excellent performance in gardens and as cut flowers.
Best in class makes the best bouquets
Sweet offers the best commercial D. barbatus series available. With no vernalisation needed for first-year-flowering, you can program for year-round production. Add to that the very uniform height and flowering, excellent retail holdability and 13 separate bright colours, and you’ve got one sweet series to grow and send to market!
Planting density: 4 to 6 plants/ft.2 (42 to 64 plants/m2)
Best for: Greenhouse, high tunnel; also suitable for field
Floral selection guide: Filler, volume
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: Late Spring/Summer greenhouse/field, 8 to 9 weeks; Late Summer/Winter greenhouse, 9 to 13 weeks; Field, 15 to 18 weeks
- Top-notch filler series features large, fragrant and long-lasting blooms on strong, straight stems.
- Produces high yields of saleable stems.
- Taller growth comes from early, Autumn-transplanted, greenhouse-grown plants.