Dianthus Oscar Strawberry

Common Name: Oscar Strawberry Carnation

Description:
Dianthus ‘Oscar Strawberry’ is a compact and eye-catching carnation variety, featuring rich strawberry-red blooms with delicate frilled petals and a sweet, clove-like fragrance. This hardy perennial is a prolific bloomer, producing vibrant flowers from late spring through to autumn. With its bushy, mounded growth habit and blue-green foliage, it makes a stunning addition to garden beds, borders, and containers. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, displaying excellent drought tolerance once established. Regular deadheading encourages prolonged flowering. Ideal for cut flower arrangements, ‘Oscar Strawberry’ adds both colour and fragrance to indoor and outdoor spaces.

Form:

• Shrub - Small

Mature Size:

• Height: 25 – 30 cm
• Width: 25 – 30 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer
• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:

• Strawberry Red

Key Attributes:

• Suitable for Pots
• Scented Flowers
• Bee Attracting
• Perennial
• Suitable for Cut Flowers
• Drought Tolerant
• Low Maintenance

Toxicity:

• Mildly toxic to pets if ingested in large amounts

Companion Plants:

• Lavandula (Lavender)
• Salvia (Sage)
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Nepeta (Catmint)
• Gaura (Butterfly Bush)