General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 12-15 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Deep maroon, almost black
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Barely cover
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Sweet William
  • Dianthus

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Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2017-07-02
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: 2011-05-24
Macro shot of the first bloom to open on this cluster.
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-05-01
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2012-05-13
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-26
Photo taken with flash.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-07-06
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: 2011-05-24
Buds, just before they all burst open in the spring.

Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2002-06-23
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Jan 10, 2012 6:36 PM concerning plant:
    Information from Chocolate Flower Farm seeds:
    Supremely different from other Sweet Williams, with fragrant blooms of deepest maroon-black on red stems and mid-green foliage which matures to metallic mahogany. An excellent cut flower and border plant.

    Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or sow outdoors in spring to summer. Barely cover seeds. Thin sprouts to 6" apart. Full sun. Hardy in zones 3-9.
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lovesblooms On February 20, 2017 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
damped off
lovesblooms On February 11, 2017 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On January 28, 2017 Seeds sown
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