Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum Coral’

Common Name:
Sugar Plum Coral Pinks

Description:
Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum Coral’ is a vibrant, clump-forming perennial prized for its warm coral-toned flowers and long blooming season. This variety features frilled, finely edged petals in shades of coral-pink with a soft blush centre, delivering a rich, glowing presence to garden beds, borders, and containers. The blooms are lightly scented with a clove-like fragrance and appear from late spring through to autumn, attracting bees and butterflies. Its dense blue-grey foliage stays neat and evergreen throughout the year, forming a compact, rounded mound. Thriving in full sun and well-drained soils, ‘Sugar Plum Coral’ is well suited to Melbourne’s climate and tolerates dry conditions once established. Low maintenance and easy to grow, this cultivar is perfect for edging paths, filling in sunny rockeries, or creating colourful potted displays.

Form:
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
Ground Cover

Mature Size:
Height: 20 to 30 cm
Width: 30 to 40 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
Coral Pink
Soft Blush Centre

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Bee Attracting
Perennial
Scented Flowers
Drought Tolerant
Low Maintenance
Suitable for Edging
Evergreen
Fragrant Cut Flowers

Toxicity:
Mildly toxic to pets if ingested in large quantities

Companion Plants:
Lavandula ‘Avonview’
Salvia greggii
Erigeron karvinskianus
Thymus serpyllum
Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.