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Dianthus amurensis 'Siberian Blues' |
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| Common name |
Amur pink |
| Family |
caryophyllaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
violet-blue (summer) |
| Size |
6-12" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
average garden soil with good drainage. |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | mid-September |
Not really blue, but closer to blue than most other pinks. Lots of fringed blooms from early to mid summer over a clump of loose dark green narrow foliage. We like to tuck it into tight corners here and there.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, patio area, back yard island, orchard nursery area Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Some helpful links to other websites
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jacqui | Sep 01, 2005 | Hi Rob, Found your most interesting page via Google (love, love, love Google!).
I thought you might be interested, re Dianthus 'Siberian Blue', in an English plant company Thompson & Morgan (www.thompson-morgan.com). They are selling 84 plug plants of the above for the bargain price of £10.95 plus £3.99 p+p (probably only within the UK though).
Thanks to your photographs & recommendation, I shall be trying these out in my dry chalky soil here in Brighton, on the sunny south coast of England, where hopefully they will last for many years.
Thanks everso, ta-ta.
Sounds like a good bargain - thanks for sharing :-) They're not difficult to start from seed, either. |
- Seed from trade. Baggy, 70F with light (50%G, 3-23d
- Seed garden '02. Baggy, 70F with light (97%G, 6-10d)
- Seed garden '02. Baggy, 70F, no light (100%G, 4d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (92%G, 4-7d)
Conclusion: light doesn't appear to be necessary.
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