Pretty Poppers Electric Red Pinks
Dianthus 'Electric Red'
Walters Gardens
Pretty Poppers Series
$18.00
Dramatic, rich red flowers above mounds of fine blue-green foliage really get attention; great for flower arrangements; deadhead to rebloom; pair up with summer blooming perennials and annuals to time a continued flower display
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Pretty Poppers Electric Red Pinks is an herbaceous annual with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
Ornamental Qualities
Pretty Poppers Electric Red Pinks is smothered in stunning fragrant crimson frilly flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive glossy narrow leaves remain bluish-green in color throughout the year.
Planting and Growing
Pretty Poppers Electric Red Pinks will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 16 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. Although it's not a true annual | this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter | usually needing replacement the following year. As such | gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 10"Hx16"W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are crimson with strong fragrance
Flowers from late spring to early fall
Attracts bees; butterflies
Zone (annual)
Likes average to moist soil