Thursday, October 20, 2016

"self cleaning" flowers-



Dianthus Barbatus- is a cousin of the flower featured this week on uBloom... (preview this week's show)

Native to Europe and parts of Asia... 


Dianthus Barbatus- is a cousin to the carnation Native to Europe and parts of Asia...it's popular as an ornamental garden plant... but this variety is grown as a cut flower!

It appears in botanist John Gerard's Garden Catalogue in 1596...
When grown organically the flowers are edible and are thought to have medicinal properties...

Dense clusters of flowers appear at the top of the stem...

The "Sweet" Varieties from Ball- pictured here... are hybrids that have been 8 years in the making... possessing long stems, "self cleaning" flowers- (meaning old flowers are absorbed... so they remain looking beautiful... )and a wide variety of colors... Including Bi-colors...



Ball Horticulture Company is the breeder of quality cut flowers grown
the world over- Ball technology insures the finest quality for consistently
beautiful cut flowers.  Learn more about Ball cut flower varieties here! 

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P.S. We call this Flower "Sweet William"... or affectionately...
"Dianthus Sweet"... garden plant... but this variety is grown as a cut flower!
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