Dianthus for ID

[Graham Catlow]

I’m sure there are Dianthus experts in our midst and I wonder if you can help with the identification of this one. My grandfather grew it well over 60 years ago. My mother took it to her garden, and it has been with me for nearly thirty years. It has always been propagated by division or cuttings, never from seed so it should be as it was all those years ago. It could well be a common variety that I could buy tomorrow in a garden centre. I am just interested in it origins if someone knows.

Hope someone can help.

Graham

[Lesley Cox]

Can't help with that, sorry Graham but what a nice plant it is, with that very dark centre. I bet it smells a treat too.

[Paul T]

Graham,

Is it one of the Dianthus allwoodii variants?  There's a wide range of colours in them, but the shape and colour pattern etc fits.  I don't have enough knowledge of Dianthus to be sure, although someone here should.  I have a very similar one here as well, which came from my Mother's nursing home before she died.

[Graham Catlow]

Can't help with that, sorry Graham but what a nice plant it is, with that very dark centre. I bet it smells a treat too.

Hi Lesley,
The scent is really lovely. One of the reasons I brought it with me.

Graham,

Is it one of the Dianthus allwoodii variants?  There's a wide range of colours in them, but the shape and colour pattern etc fits.  I don't have enough knowledge of Dianthus to be sure, although someone here should.  I have a very similar one here as well, which came from my Mother's nursing home before she died.

Hi Paul,
Just had a look on the Allwood web site but can't find it. I think I will send them the photos to see if they can identify it for me.
Many thanks for suggesting it may be an allwoodii variant. I will keep you posted if no one on the forum identifies it before I send the photos to Allwoods.

Graham