List of Award of Garden Merit dianthus information
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 (D. caryophyllus)
Pinks (D. plumarius)
Sweet Williams (D. barbatus)
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.
name
type
colour
fragrance
Height (cm)
ref
Alfriston
border carnation
red (coral)
strong
50
[1]
Anders Kath Phillips
perpetual carnation
cream/purple
100
[2]
Ann Franklin
perpetual carnation
yellow
90
[3]
Becky Robinson
pink
pink (pale)/red
medium
40
[4]
Betty Morton
pink
pink (deep)/maroon
medium
50
[5]
Brian Tumbler
border carnation
yellow (pale) edged red
75
[6]
Brilliant Star
pink
white/dark red
medium
50
[7]
Bryony Lisa
border carnation
white/dark red
50
[8]
Carmine Letitia Wyatt
pink
pink (salmon)
slight
30
[9]
Chesswood Barbara Arif
border carnation
white edged purple
70
[10]
Chesswood Lidgett
border carnation
white edged dark red
70
[11]
Chesswood Margaret Alison
border carnation
rose/pink
strong
100
[12]
Chris Crew
border carnation
yellow/red
50
[13]
Claret Joy
pink
pink (deep)
50
[14]
Coronation Ruby
pink
pink/maroon
medium
45
[15]
Cranmere Pool
pink
white/maroon
slight
35
[16]
Dainty Dame
pink
white/maroon
strong
25
[17]
David Russell
border carnation
white/crimson
medium
50
[18]
David Saunders
border carnation
white/red
medium
50
[19]
Devon Dove
pink
white
medium
45
[20]
Devon Flavia
pink
pink (pale)
strong
35
[21]
Devon Wizard
pink
pink (deep)
strong
25
[22]
Diane
pink
pink (salmon)
medium
30
[23]
Dianthus alpinus
pink (cerise)
10
[24]
Dianthus deltoides
pink (cerise)
20
[25]
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
pink (rose)
strong
15
[26]
Doris
pink
pink (pale)
medium
40
[27]
Eileen Neal
border carnation
red
strong
50
[28]
Eileen O'Connor
border carnation
orange
slight
30
[29]
Evening Star
pink
pink/maroon
medium
10
[30]
Flanders
border carnation
scarlet
50
[31]
Golden Cross
border carnation
yellow (pale)
none
50
[32]
Gran's Favourite
pink
white/pink
medium
50
[33]
Grey Dove
border carnation
grey/pink
medium
50
[34]
Hannah Louise
border carnation
yellow/orange
none
50
[35]
Haytor Rock
pink
white/crimson
30
[36]
Haytor White
pink
white
medium
40
[37]
Hazel Ruth
border carnation
white/red
50
[38]
Houndspool Cheryl
pink
scarlet
none
30
[39]
Houndspool Ruby
pink
rose pink (deep)
medium
50
[40]
Incas
perpetual carnation
cream/red
medium
100
[41]
India Star
pink
pink/red
medium
10
[42]
Inshriach Dazzler
pink
pink/grey
medium
10
[43]
Irene Della-Torré
border carnation
white/pink
medium
75
[44]
Jean Knight
border carnation
white/purple
50
[45]
Joan's Blood (Dianthus alpinus)
alpine
pink (deep)
10
[46]
John Sandall
border carnation
white/red
60
[47]
Joy
pink
pink
35
[48]
Kathleen Hitchcock
border carnation
pink (coral)
slight
50
[49]
Kesteven Kirkstead
pink
white/maroon
medium
30
[50]
Kristina
perpetual
pink (pale) edged purple
slight
100
[51]
La Bourboule
pink
pink (rose)
medium
10
[52]
Lady Madonna='Wp04 Idare'
pink
white/purple
strong
35
[53]
Letitia Wyatt
pink
pink
medium
25
[54]
Lily the Pink='Wp05 Idare'
pink
pink (deep)
strong
50
[55]
Linfield Dorothy Perry
pink
white
slight
30
[56]
Linfield Kathy Booker
pink
white/maroon edged pink
strong
50
[57]
Maisie Neal
border carnation
pink (salmon)
50
[58]
Mambo
perpetual carnation
yellow (pale)
150
[59]
Maureen Lambert
perpetual carnation
red
strong
100
[60]
Michael Saunders
border Carnation
pink/purple
50
[61]
Milky Way
perpetual
white
100
[62]
Monica Wyatt
pink
pink (pale)/maroon
strong
30
[63]
Moulin Rouge
pink
pink/red
30
[64]
Natalie Saunders
border carnation
white/purple
slight
50
[65]
Neon Star
pink
purple/pink
medium
50
[66]
Nichola Ann
border carnation
white
slight
50
[67]
Night Star
pink
maroon/pink
30
[68]
Peter Wood
border carnation
pink/red
50
[69]
Pike's Pink
pink
pink (pale)
medium
15
[70]
Pixie Star
pink
pink/red
20
[71]
Prado Mint
perpetual
yellow/green
100
[72]
Red Star
pink
pink (deep)
10
[73]
Romance='Wp09 Wen04'
pink
salmon
strong
35
[74]
Rose Joy
pink
pink (cerise)
medium
50
[75]
Rose Monica Wyatt
pink
pink (rose)
strong
60
[76]
Sandra Neal
border carnation
yellow (apricot)/pink
50
[77]
Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22'
pink
rose
medium
21
[78]
Spinfield Joy
border carnation
cream/purple
65
[79]
Tamsin Fifield
border carnation
white/red
50
[80]
Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11'
pink
pink (lavender)
strong
30
[81]
Uncle Teddy
border carnation
white/maroon
slight
45
[82]
Valda Wyatt
pink
pink (rose)
medium
35
[83]
Viana='Kovian'
perpetual
cream/dark red
100
[84]
Whatfield Cancan
pink
pink
medium
20
[85]
Whatfield Magenta
pink
pink (magenta)
slight
20
[86]
White Joy
pink
white/pale pink
medium
55
[87]
Widecombe Fair
pink
pink (pale)
medium
50
[88]
^"RHS Plant Selector - Dianthus 'Alfriston'". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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