Dianthus 'Tatra Fragrance'

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Price:  £6.50 –+ Add to Basket Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Caryophyllaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  White Leaf Colour:  Blue/grey/silver Foliage:  Evergreen Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Dry, well drained Height:  15cm to 30cm (6" to 12") Hardiness Guide:  RHS H7 minimum at least -20C Pot Size:  1L Availability:      Approx. 14 in stock View our Pot Size guide:  100% Peat-free All our plants are propagated and grown on peat-free, from scratch, on our nursery.

Heavily fringed, near white flowers with a central crimson ring that extends into a bar down the centre of each petal. A compact pink for rockery or front of border in full sun and drained soil. 20cm.

Hopefully the name gives away the secret - 'Tatra Fragrance' has really good scent!

One of a series of similar hybrids raised at Cally Gardens by the late Michael Wickenden.  Parents are supposed to be Dianthus superbus ssp. alpestris and Dianthus 'Caesar's Mantle' though many list the Tatra cultivars as forms of Dianthus lumnitzeri for some reason.