The original 'Raspberry' and 'Strawberry' Parfait series are bi annual and easily handle my zone 3 winters. Be sure to plant any dianthus in very well drained soil or raised beds to help avoid problems with winter wet.

ahhhh! that explains it. Thanks!

I'm assuming they seed at some point? although mine were started as seed this year, they have been blooming very regularly despite only being about 2 inches tall..but i haven't seen anything at all resembling a seed..just curious.

Thanks so much!

logixSTI ... I haven't found many seedlings from this type in comparison to my other dianthus varieties that give plenty and some turning out to be very interesting. I'm surprised that your plants have grown so very short, do you have them planted in the ground or in a container?

they were in containers until a few days ago..but they are only just past the seeding stage...i forgot I had the seeds a friend had given me last year, once I found them I decided to just start them since I wasn't sure they'd do anything if I waited until next year....even though it was around mid-late august when I started them they came up pretty nice and now that I finally know they have a chance to make it through the winter I put them in the ground, otherwise I was probably just going to let them live out the rest of their short time on earth in the little seed starter trays (in hindsight it's pretty silly I even bothered to start them not knowing if they would make it through the winter and figuring I would just let them die if they weren't winter hardy. I wonder what goes through my brain when I make decisions like that... haha)