Dianthus barbatus

{{{name}}} LATINNAME	'
	Habit: ? Height: ⇕ ? Width: ⇔ Lifespan: ⌛ Origin: ✈ ? Poisonous: ☠	Exposure: ☼ ? Water: ◍ ? Features: ✓ Hardiness: ☃ Bloom: ❀ USDA Zones: ? Sunset Zones:
	[[{{{domain}}}]] > [[{{{superregnum}}}]] > Plantae > [[{{{subregnum}}}]] > [[{{{superdivisio}}}]] > [[{{{superphylum}}}]] > [[]] > [[{{{phylum}}}]] > [[{{{subdivisio}}}]] > [[{{{subphylum}}}]] > [[{{{infraphylum}}}]] > [[{{{microphylum}}}]] > [[{{{nanophylum}}}]] > [[{{{superclassis}}}]] > [[]] > [[{{{subclassis}}}]] > [[{{{infraclassis}}}]] > [[{{{superordo}}}]] > [[]] > [[{{{subordo}}}]] > [[{{{infraordo}}}]] > [[{{{superfamilia}}}]] > [[]] > [[{{{subfamilia}}}]] > [[{{{supertribus}}}]] > [[{{{tribus}}}]] > [[{{{subtribus}}}]] > [[]] {{{subgenus}}} {{{sectio}}} {{{series}}} var.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Dianthus barbatus, Linn. Sweet William. Fig. 1251. Readily grown from seed and flowering well the second year: glabrous, the sts. 4-angled, 10:20 in. high, simple or branched only above: lvs. broad and flat or conduplicate, 5-nerved: fls. several to many in a round-topped dense cyme, the petals toothed and bearded, red, rose, purple or white and also vari-colored in garden forms, the bracts subtending the calyx 4 and long-pointed. Russia to China and south to the Pyrenees. G.1:372. Gn. M. 2:217; 14:55. F. E. 23:219.- The sweet William is one of the oldest garden fls. It is sure to be found in the old- fashioned gardens. The cult. forms run into many colors. Sometimes found along roadsides as an escape. There are double-fld. forms. R.H. 1894, p. 277. Some of the modern improved large-fld. forms are very showy, and produce their bloom over a long season. D. Laucheanus, Bolle, is a hybrid of D. barbatus and D. deltoides. Gt. 53:1528. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Propagation

Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Pests and diseases

Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!

Gallery

If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.

• 
  photo 1
• 
  photo 2
• 
  photo 3

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

• w:Dianthus barbatus. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Dianthus barbatus QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)