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Scientific Name
: Dianthus barbatus interspecific
Common Name
: Pinks, Carnation
Hardiness Degree
: 20°F (-6.7°C)
Blooming Season
: Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Autumn, Late Summer
Plant Habit
: Upright
Spacing
: 10 - 14" (25 - 36cm)
Height
: 18 - 36" (46 - 91cm)
Width
: 10 - 12" (25 - 30cm)
Exposure
: Sun
Grower Information
: A Cool Season Thrivers selection!
Versatile Amazon performs as an exceptional landscape and bedding plant, showing outstanding heat tolerance. Semi-hardy annual in zone 7 and milder. It is also an excellent commercial and home garden cut flower. Very dark green, glossy leaves on strong stems are the perfect backdrop to the bright, serrated-edged flowers for a vibrant head-turning show. In landscapes, Amazon grows to about 24 in./60 cm tall; as a Winter greenhouse-grown cut flower crop, height is up to 36 in./45 to 90 cm. Attracts butterflies. Well-suited to gallon or larger pot production. Supplied as easy-to-sow pelleted seed.
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