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sweet william
(redirected from Dianthus barbatus)

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sweet William: see pink pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area) but with several genera indigenous to south temperate zones and high altitudes of tropical mountains.
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Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
(credit: Grant Heilman)
Garden plant (Dianthus barbatus) in the pink family, grown for its clusters of small, brightly coloured flowers. It usually grows as a biennial, with seed sown the first year producing spring-flowering plants the second year. The plants grow about 2 ft (60 cm) high and produce numerous flowers with fringed petals in white, pink, or rose to violet, sometimes also bicoloured.


sweet william
a widely cultivated Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Dianthus barbatus, with flat clusters of white, pink, red, or purple flowers

sweet william
symbolizes chivalry. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 181]
See : Chivalry


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Its botanical name is Dianthus barbatus from the Greek for "flower of Zeus" and Latin for beard, referring to the tufts on the flower buds.
But the new variety, Dianthus barbatus "Noverna Purple", if sown with heat in mid-winter and planted in May, flowers until September.
They are: Dianthus barbatus Noverna Purple (a 100 per cent annual Sweet William, flowering 80-100 days after sowing and producing plenty of light purple from late May until late September); Viola x wittrockiana Ultima Morpho (a compact pansy plant covered with lots of flowers, each with a butterfly pattern on the yellow and blue petals); and Petunia Lavender Wave (a trailing lavender petunia which flowers from May to October - great for containers or for ground cover).
 
 
 
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