Dianthus Memories ='WP11 Gwe04' (p)

Description: Dianthus 'Memories' is a classic hardy perennial cottage pink, prized for its delicate double blooms in soft pink and its intensely fragrant, clove-scented flowers. This reliable, long-lived perennial produces abundant blooms throughout the summer months, making it a quintessential choice for traditional cottage gardens, mixed borders, and rockeries across South England. The plant forms a neat, compact mound of attractive silvery blue-green evergreen foliage, providing year-round structural interest even when not in flower. The highly fragrant blooms are excellent for cutting and bringing indoors, filling rooms with their distinctive sweet scent. 'Memories' is exceptionally hardy and thrives in South England's chalky and well-drained soils, though it requires excellent drainage to prevent winter rot. It attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it valuable for wildlife gardens. The plant's compact habit makes it equally suitable for containers on patios, edging borders, or rock gardens, and it responds well to deadheading and light trimming to maintain a tidy shape and encourage prolonged flowering.

Other benefits: evergreen, borders, rockeries, containers, cut-flowers, cottage-garden

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.4m x 0.4m

Position: full sun

Winter hardiness: cold hardy to -15°C