ROSE JOY PINK
Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’
Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ has large, double Carnation like flowers of rich rose-cerise.
The perfume is sweet without being cloying, and the stems longer - making ‘Rose Joy’ an excellent choice for floristry.
Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ is also renowned for being one of the longest blooming and most repeat flowering of all the olde-worlde “Pinks”.
‘Rose Joy’ is certainly one of the most popular of the old “Pinks”, also commonly known as “Picotees” or “Gillyflowers” in Grandma’s day. Because of her longer blooming seasonand repeating flower production.
Blooms from Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ make great cut flowers for vases, where they last well, and give intense colour and sweet fragrance.
While the flowers and petals can also be dried and used for sachets, pot-pourri, or eco-friendly confetti. As they hold their colour and fragrance well.
Petals from Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ are also useful in the kitchen.
Where they flavour and colour salads, cakes, drinks and as a garnish.
Dianthus petals are entirely edible.
But to get the sweetest and best flavour, make sure you snip the petals from the flower base, thus removing the more bitter part where the petals join the calyx.
Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ benefits from being cut back hard each year after blooming.
Plants form a woody base over time, and benefit from being cut back hard each year after blooming.
While not essential, this annual hard chop also promotes another flush of blooms and fresh silvery foliage.
Mass plantings of Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ make striking (& tough) groundcover or edges.
They are also excellent pot specimens, and source of excellent cut flowers.
Traditionally Dianthus are used as a companion plant for roses and veggies, and as part of an edible, potager garden.
These old-fashioned Dianthus ask for little to thrive.
Being tough and easy to grow.
They give their best with sun, minimal water, and thrive in well drained, sandy, gravel, or rocky soils.
However they do appreciate an alkaline soil, so an annual feed with Dolomite lime is beneficial in all but very limestone areas.
The plants are also hardy in frost, heat and are very low maintenance.
Dianthus ‘Rose Joy’ has 50cm. tall flower stems, above a low clump of silvery foliage approx. 40cm. wide.
Bulk Discount
If you buy 3-6 plants there will be a $0.50 discount per plant"
If you buy 7+ plants there will be a $1.00 discount per plant
Plants on Special are excluded
