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Thu, Jul 12, 12 at 13:12
| Have a cottage style bed in full sun. Have several kinds of dianthus in there, and none doing well. It is a raised bed but moist soil so I suspect they don't like it. I have Iberis and moss phlox doing well. Any other well behaved mounding perennial that don't spread too much? |
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- Posted by mistascott 7A (My Page) on Thu, Jul 12, 12 at 23:19
| Dianthus do like moist but well-drained soil. What do you mean by "none doing well"? Are they dying, not blooming, leaves brown? I would try to solve the horticultural issue before abandoning the plant genus altogether, but that is just me. Alternatives might be something like Armeria maritima, but they have pretty much the same cultural requirements as dianthus and perhaps require/desire less moisture than dianthus. But, it is a good substitute looks-wise. |
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| had dianthus coconut punch and Telstar scarlet. All shrank in size and barely bloomed. I have dianthus doing just fine in drier locations. |
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