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Sun, Oct 30, 11 at 15:36
| I planted 4 Dianthus "Heart Attack" this past spring intrigued by the description of it being a reliable perennial. One bloomed for a a few weeks very nicely and then nothing and the other 3 plants *never* bloomed; never grew more than a couple of inches tall but have grown in spread and do look healthy otherwise i.e. green. Could I have done something to force them to bloom?
It will be interesting to see if there is improvement next year (assuming they make it through the winter). This one plant is representative of the other 3 I have:
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| It is a cultivar of Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William, which is naturally a biennial but sometimes will persist. This variety is supposed to be more reliably persistent, but it is still a biennial at heart and therefore may not bloom the first year. I'd hang on and see if it performs next year before condemning it. It looks extremely healthy which bodes well. |
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| Thanks for the post flora. Given its apparent health I wasn't going to 'ditch it' but things were looking good early in the summer when one of the 4 grew a couple of taller stalks and then put forth those incomparably coloured flowers. But nothing from the other three plants and even the one that flowered retreated a few weeks after. But those flowers are worth waiting for. |
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