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| A little over a month ago, I purchased a Bath's Pink Dianthus from the "clearance" table at my local nursery. According to the ID tag, it's supposed to bloom in the spring. I figured I had missed out on the pretty pink flowers so I put it in a container to wait til next season. But yesterday, a few days after fertilizing it for only the second time since I purchased it, I noticed it has started to bloom (see pic below). Have I unknowingly "forced" it? The fertilizer I used calls for 1/2 tsp per gallon and has a ratio of 24-8-16, should I be using something with lower numbers?
Thanks in Advance
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| That seems awfully bright for Bath's pink. Here's a pic of mine from May 12 as it was just coming into bloom:
Note the darker pink ring around the eye. |
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- Posted by coolplantsguy z6 Ontario (My Page) on Wed, Jul 21, 10 at 21:08
| Yes, yours is almost certainly not 'Baths Pink'. It looks more like 'Firewitch' which is known to re-bloom consistently through the summer, although the main bloom is still in the spring. |
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- Posted by dtownjbrown 6a-CintiOH (My Page) on Thu, Jul 22, 10 at 8:10
| AHA, thanks so much for the clarification (and the pic). I was wondering if I had forced it into blooming because the Balloon Flower I have potted right next to it, has a "re-bloom" bud on it too. I'm leary of fertilizing because I fried my lawn once from over doing it, so Im worried I might do the same with my perennials. Thanks again :-) |
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| will dianthus bloom spring through summer? |
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- Posted by sammyholderman none (My Page) on Thu, Feb 27, 14 at 12:39
| Yep, this definitely looks like Firewitch. Dianthus, especially Firewitch, can bloom from mid spring through late summer and even into fall in some climates, so I don't think you forced it, as much as you probably just gave it the nutrition you needed. Good job! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Firewitch Picture
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| cathey123 - It's usually better to start a new thread to get good answers to your question instead of adding on to another - less confusing since the photos don't relate to your variety. Do Dianthus bloom spring through summer? It depends since Dianthus is a somewhat varied genus. My D. Greystone blooms just in spring, but has nice gray-green foliage that is tidy and decorative much of the rest of the year. D. barbatus, AKA sweet William blooms in the summer here, and is a biennial or short-lived perennial. I haven't grown D. Firewitch, but several folks above say that it repeats, and I know some of the small carnation-shaped Dianthus bloom through at least part of the summer. |
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