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WANTED: clove pinks

9 years ago

Does anyone still grow the old fashioned clove pinks? I've moved so many times during my work career that I ended up losing them. I had the pure white single with ragged petals, the pure pink single with ragged petals and double white with ragged petals. They usually bloomed about this time of year and were very fragrant. The "pinks" I see at the garden centers are nothing like the old fashioned ones and I miss them.

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Krayphysh
9 years ago
Are these what you're looking for?
mark_fields
Original Author
9 years ago
That's a very pretty plant but it's not the same as what I grew. Here is a picture .
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Krayphysh
9 years ago
I'll have to see if I have any of those tomorrow :-)
Krayphysh
9 years ago
I'll have to see if I have any of those tomorrow :-)
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Whitelacey
9 years ago
I grow several plants of pinks. I have moved them from three different houses as I have moved.

The flower pictured above is Lychnis coronaria/Rose Campion.

Linda

This post was edited by whitelacey on Fri, May 9, 14 at 2:11
mark_fields
Original Author
9 years ago
Linda, if you have any extra starts please let me know. When I was a kid everyone had them, now you can't find the old fragrant type, just the "pretty ones". This double pink is the only one I have left. Now that I've retired I shouldn't be moving around. Mark

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