List of Award of Garden Merit dianthus

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Below is a list of Dianthus species and cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This is an important group of more-or-less fragrant summer-flowering perennial garden plants, which can be divided into three main groups:-

Carnations can be further divided into hardy border types, which grow outside, and perpetual flowering types which are usually grown under glass to provide cut flowers and buttonholes all year round.

The list does not currently include any sweet william cultivars.

nametypecolourfragranceHeight (cm)ref
Alfristonborder carnationred (coral)strong50 [1]
Anders Kath Phillipsperpetual carnationcream/purple100 [2]
Ann Franklinperpetual carnationyellow90 [3]
Becky Robinsonpinkpink (pale)/redmedium40 [4]
Betty Mortonpinkpink (deep)/maroonmedium50 [5]
Brian Tumblerborder carnationyellow (pale) edged red75 [6]
Brilliant Starpinkwhite/dark redmedium50 [7]
Bryony Lisaborder carnationwhite/dark red50 [8]
Carmine Letitia Wyattpinkpink (salmon)slight30 [9]
Chesswood Barbara Arifborder carnationwhite edged purple70 [10]
Chesswood Lidgettborder carnationwhite edged dark red70 [11]
Chesswood Margaret Alisonborder carnationrose/pinkstrong100 [12]
Chris Crewborder carnationyellow/red50 [13]
Claret Joypinkpink (deep)50 [14]
Coronation Rubypinkpink/maroonmedium45 [15]
Cranmere Pool pinkwhite/maroonslight35 [16]
Dainty Damepinkwhite/maroonstrong25 [17]
David Russellborder carnationwhite/crimsonmedium50 [18]
David Saundersborder carnationwhite/redmedium50 [19]
Devon Dovepinkwhitemedium45 [20]
Devon Flaviapinkpink (pale)strong35 [21]
Devon Wizardpinkpink (deep)strong25 [22]
Dianepinkpink (salmon)medium30 [23]
Dianthus alpinus pink (cerise)10 [24]
Dianthus deltoides pink (cerise)20 [25]
Dianthus gratianopolitanus pink (rose)strong15 [26]
Dorispinkpink (pale)medium40 [27]
Eileen Nealborder carnationredstrong50 [28]
Eileen O'Connorborder carnationorangeslight30 [29]
Evening Starpinkpink/maroonmedium10 [30]
Flandersborder carnationscarlet50 [31]
Golden Crossborder carnationyellow (pale)none50 [32]
Gran's Favouritepinkwhite/pinkmedium50 [33]
Grey Doveborder carnationgrey/pinkmedium50 [34]
Hannah Louiseborder carnationyellow/orangenone50 [35]
Haytor Rockpinkwhite/crimson30 [36]
Haytor Whitepinkwhitemedium40 [37]
Hazel Ruthborder carnationwhite/red50 [38]
Houndspool Cherylpinkscarletnone30 [39]
Houndspool Rubypinkrose pink (deep)medium50 [40]
Incasperpetual carnationcream/redmedium100 [41]
India Starpinkpink/redmedium10 [42]
Inshriach Dazzlerpinkpink/greymedium10 [43]
Irene Della-Torréborder carnationwhite/pinkmedium75 [44]
Jean Knightborder carnationwhite/purple50 [45]
Joan's Blood ( Dianthus alpinus )alpinepink (deep)10 [46]
John Sandallborder carnationwhite/red60 [47]
Joypinkpink35 [48]
Kathleen Hitchcockborder carnationpink (coral)slight50 [49]
Kesteven Kirksteadpinkwhite/maroonmedium30 [50]
Kristinaperpetualpink (pale) edged purpleslight100 [51]
La Bourboulepinkpink (rose)medium10 [52]
Lady Madonna ='Wp04 Idare'pinkwhite/purplestrong35 [53]
Letitia Wyattpinkpinkmedium25 [54]
Lily the Pink ='Wp05 Idare'pinkpink (deep)strong50 [55]
Linfield Dorothy Perrypinkwhiteslight30 [56]
Linfield Kathy Bookerpinkwhite/maroon edged pinkstrong50 [57]
Maisie Nealborder carnationpink (salmon)50 [58]
Mamboperpetual carnationyellow (pale)150 [59]
Maureen Lambertperpetual carnationredstrong100 [60]
Michael Saundersborder Carnationpink/purple50 [61]
Milky Wayperpetualwhite100 [62]
Monica Wyattpinkpink (pale)/maroonstrong30 [63]
Moulin Rouge pinkpink/red30 [64]
Natalie Saundersborder carnationwhite/purpleslight50 [65]
Neon Starpinkpurple/pinkmedium50 [66]
Nichola Annborder carnationwhiteslight50 [67]
Night Starpinkmaroon/pink30 [68]
Peter Woodborder carnationpink/red50 [69]
Pike's Pinkpinkpink (pale)medium15 [70]
Pixie Starpinkpink/red20 [71]
Prado Mintperpetualyellow/green100 [72]
Red Starpinkpink (deep)10 [73]
Romance='Wp09 Wen04'pinksalmonstrong35 [74]
Rose Joypinkpink (cerise)medium50 [75]
Rose Monica Wyattpinkpink (rose)strong60 [76]
Sandra Nealborder carnationyellow (apricot)/pink50 [77]
Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22'pinkrosemedium21 [78]
Spinfield Joyborder carnationcream/purple65 [79]
Tamsin Fifieldborder carnationwhite/red50 [80]
Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11'pinkpink (lavender)strong30 [81]
Uncle Teddyborder carnationwhite/maroonslight45 [82]
Valda Wyattpinkpink (rose)medium35 [83]
Viana='Kovian'perpetualcream/dark red100 [84]
Whatfield Cancanpinkpinkmedium20 [85]
Whatfield Magentapinkpink (magenta)slight20 [86]
White Joypinkwhite/pale pinkmedium55 [87]
Widecombe Fair pinkpink (pale)medium50 [88]

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