Dianthus Early Bird marketed for Christmas sales

PlantHaven says the Early Bird series of dianthus can be marketed as a 4-inch flowering program for sales from Christmas through late spring. A well-matched group, Early Bird has fringed, double flowers that offer a spicy scent and comes in five colors: Chili is red-orange, Fizzy is lavender-pink, Frosty is white, Radiance is a deep holiday red, and Sherbet is magenta. The group comes into bloom within a two-week window and can be timed to market successfully as a flower pot or garden crop. It has a hardiness of Zone 5 and can be enjoyed on the table top and then in the garden throughout much of North America.

A sturdy garden performer, Early Bird bears blue-green foliage in a tidy, bun-shaped mound. Flowers unfurl in succession over the course of the season, and with a little dead-heading and a boost of fertilizer after the first heavy flush, they will keep their color from spring through summer.

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