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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction Pollen may cause allergic reaction
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Blue-Green
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
On Mar 21, 2007, berrygirl from Braselton, GA (Zone 7b) wrote:
DIANTHUS gratianopolitanus Tiny Rubies - Short 2" - Plant 12" apart. A charming cushion of 1" foliage, covered with brilliant tiny double pink flowers. A choice dwarf plant or groundcover for a sunny area.
General Information:
A heat tolerant, low maintenance beauty. Fragrant and long blooming. Easy to grow, easy to maintain, lots of flowers.
Plant Care:
Shear off old flowering stems and the top couple inches of foliage after blooming. Foliage will quickly recover and look nice, even into winter.
All dianthus- especially pinks- need good drainage. That is why they are so suitable for rock gardens. If they stay too soggy, they will rot- and very fast! Easiest way to make more: clip off some stems and just pot 'em up. They root very easily!
On Jan 8, 2007, tinyrubies from Lebanon, OR wrote:
This is one of the cutest little plants, with foliage that almost looks like a little green wig. The foliage sets off the light pink flowers very well. It does need very sharp drainage (it's on a steep slope) here in rainy Oregon to survive. It's a little hard to get started sometimes but my clump is now 1.5 feet across after 2 years. I'm going to try dividing it next fall.
On Jun 12, 2005, ifiranthezoo from Florence, AL wrote:
I bought some of these this year that I found mixed in with the regular sized Chedder Pinks at Lowes. They are really adorable. They are like itty bitty miniature Chedder Pinks. The regular sized Chedder Pinks do well for me and come back strong as long as they aren't in strong afternoon sun so I'm hoping these will too.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Florence, Alabama Fayetteville, Arkansas New Haven, Connecticut Scottville, Michigan Kinderhook, New York Lebanon, Oregon Albion, Pennsylvania Knoxville, Tennessee Lafayette, Tennessee Manassas, Virginia Vancouver, Washington
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