He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine ... gillyflower, cottage pink, carnation and clove pink. A water-wise plant, Dianthus does not tolerate ...

pink-purple or white, often with picotee (a flower with a different colour around the edge than the flower’s base colour) margins It’s the flower with the frilly edges and clove-like fragrance, but ...

with a range of colours all the way from pale pink to a red so deep it’s almost black. The deep, deep red ‘Nigrescens’ group has a superbly intense colour and a deep, rich clove-like ...