Dianthus knappii is a species pink with small, medium green leaves. Bears small, solitary, serrated, sulfur-yellow flowers, to 1/2 inch wide, in summer. Good for prairie garden or informal border.

Dinathus gratianopolitanus is a mat-forming species pink with small, grayish-green leaves. In summer, bears solitary, very fragrant, dark pink flowers with serrated petals, to 1 1/4 inches wide.

Dianthus giganteus is a robust, variable, erect species pink with flattened, slender, pointed, green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, bears a single, dense head, 1 to 2 inches wide, of up to 40 single, serrated, scentless, red-purple flowers, 1/2 inch wide. […]

Dianthus erinaceus is a cushion-forming species pink with stiff, small, medium green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, bears solitary, sometimes paired, short-stemmed, pink flowers, 1/2 inch wide, with serrated, bearded petals. Flowers are sparsely produced in cool climates.

Dianthus chinensis is a bushy, short-lived perennial or biennial species pink, generally grown as an annual from seed, with small, pale to medium green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, bears loose terminal cymes of up to 15 single, scentless, pink, red, […]

Dianthus carthusianorum is a tufted, clusterhead pink with small, pale to medium green, lance-shaped leaves. Bears flattened, terminal clusters of small, bearded, serrated, single, dark red-pink, sometimes white flowers, to 3/4 inches wide.

Medium green leaves are flat, lance-shaped, almost grasslike, and grow 2 to 4 inches long from a basal clump. Single flowers grow in dense clusters, 3 to 5 inches wide, often with marked faces. Flowers rise on stems 10 to […]

Dianthus arenarius is a tufted species pink with bright green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, bears solitary, bearded, highly fringed, white flowers, to 1 inch wide, often purple at the bases.

Dianthus alpinus is a short-lived, cushion-forming species pink with shiny, deep green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, produces single, light-spotted, dark pink to crimson flowers, 1 1/2 inches wide. Prefers humus-rich soil.

This is a compact and rounded shrub with arching branches. Leaves are lance-shaped, dark green, 2 to 3 inches long. Abundant, pink to white, star-shaped, May flowers, to 1/2 inch across, are held in corymb-like panicles, to 3 inches long. […]