Dianthus 'Sugar Raspberry'

Description: Dianthus 'Sugar Raspberry' is a classic cottage garden perennial that brings reliable summer colour to South England gardens. This compact, mound-forming variety produces an abundance of delightful raspberry-pink flowers with distinctively fringed petal edges throughout the summer months. The blooms sit above neat mounds of narrow, silvery-blue evergreen foliage that provides year-round structural interest in borders and containers. Fully hardy and drought-tolerant once established, this low-maintenance perennial thrives in free-draining soil and sunny positions, making it ideal for rockeries, gravel gardens, and path edging. The flowers are highly fragrant with a traditional clove-like scent, and the plant is particularly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. Deadheading spent blooms encourages continuous flowering, while a light trim after flowering maintains a neat, compact shape. This versatile perennial performs exceptionally well in South England's chalky soils and is beloved by cottage garden enthusiasts for its reliability and charm.

Other benefits: evergreen, borders, containers, rockeries, edging, cut-flowers

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.3m x 0.3m

Position: full sun

Winter hardiness: cold hardy to -10°C