Dianthus - looking good now

[mark smyth]

Can we have a Dianthus thread?

Constance Finnis / Fair Lady
Dainty Dame
Tatra Fragrance
see ex Tatra Fragrance
Tatra Ghost
Warden Hybrid
Whatfield Magenta

[daveyp1970]

Lovely stuff Mark

[mark smyth]

Thanks Davey. It could have been better. Too many died over the winter. One, seed ex Tatra Fragrance, made a brilliant recovery. The centre of the plant died leaving it looking like a monks bald spot.

[mark smyth]

A wider shot of Dainty Maid
an open Tatra Fragrance
Whatfield Magenta - all open
Tatra Fragrance with Tatra Ghost to the left

Tatra Ghost is upright while Tatra Fragrance flops. It could be the lack a rain so I'll water it and see what happens

[Lesley Cox]

Can we have a Dianthus thread?

Why not? Seems we now have one.

[daveyp1970]

A few from me.
1 Dianthus fusilier(my old regiment so i had to have it)
2 Dianthus tickled pink
3 Dianthus passion
4 Dianthus grans favourite

[mark smyth]

I can smell them from here

[David Nicholson]

...Dianthus fusilier(my old regiment.......)

Are you on leaf at the moment Dave?

[mark smyth]

It's interesting to see that the Dianthus photos have only been looked at 2 or 3 times but the two troughs have been looked at 20 times. I conclude people want views not flowers

[Maggi Young]

I'm always surprised to see how few folks click the pictures to enlarge them, when compared to the number viewingthreads. Wonder if some of them don't know to click on the thumbnail size pictures to enlarge them or  just are not bothered. 
I know with some  photos, especially the close-up types, some of the thumbnails are so clear it is easy to see lots of detail without enlarging the picture.... but I like to have a "right good look" ! 

[mark smyth]

I agree Maggi

[daveyp1970]

...Dianthus fusilier(my old regiment.......)

Are you on leaf at the moment Dave?

Full of leaf but past my best

[Lesley Cox]

It's true that we click for troughs, crevices etc in order to see the detail while a large lump of bright red speaks pretty much for itself. Sometimes it's just a matter of time too. Even though I have Broadband, until some extra RAM was added a couple of weeks ago, many pictures took a long time to enlarge themselves.

[mark smyth]

I saw these in a garden yesterday and it was lust lust lust when I saw them but they lacked the clove scent 

[mark smyth]

but they had the most fabulous scent exactly the same as Rhododendron Lady Alice