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Dianthus chinensis
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 30–50 cm tall. The leaves are green to greyish green, slender. The flowers are white, pink, red or lilac, etc, 3–4 cm diameter, produced singly or in small clusters from spring to mid summer. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, both in China and elsewhere across temperate regions of the world; numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use
They are best grown in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun, but appreciate some afternoon shade in hot summer weather
It is a species of Dianthus native to northern China, Korea, Mongolia, and southeastern Russia. They are sometime described as cool weather annuals because they thrive in cool summers, but dislike the hot and humid summers.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2012
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012
19 Comments
maxgerhardt, Oh yes, you are so right Dianthus barbatus seems a closer match.
Fabulous... I enjoy the search as much as the flower itself :-)
see this german http://www.botanik-bochum.de/html/jahrbu..., for example.In the centre the field for stamen is different coloured.
Or how specify the difference between cinensis and barbatus?
Sorry for insist more on it Dianthus barbatus is possible too(Sweet WIlliam)
Look this one http://www.colourbox.com/image/garden-ca...
tibiprada great,
yes i was refer for this picture only(my example), about the rain
Thanks to you both for considering my suggestion. At all Flowers is my most first interest in spottings.
I'm not sure about the "rain sprinkle color effect" but it definitely resembles a Dianthus chinensis .
Thank you for your effort, Ashish Nimkar, maxgerhardt :-)
Ashish Nimkar i think you got it noiw :) Rosa Dianthus after a rain http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/kornye...
i think you can id it then :) Dianthus chinensis look very close
Thanks for showing close view of this beautiful flower plant. They are more beautiful than imagine.
Petal structure look alike of Dianthus.
maxgerhardt, great info .. Thank you
Working on it :-) ...Thanks, Ashish Nimkar
i think about Iridaceae family
here is a cropped one
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9hW5w...
Ashish Nimkar
you can do by yourself too.
click the picture, then rightclick and save and now you can use GIMP in linux for example or another Picture program.
You can send me your email too and i can give you a cropped one(that i use for a close view)
I feel they in Convolvulaceae family.
Tibiprada... Flowers are interesting.... Can you copy and crop this image and upload as separate picture to show close view of flowers.
Some kind of Pulmonaria?
Thanks, maxgerhardt.... indeed, awesome little tiny grass flowers. :[)
Absolutely nice colors, look like from another planet :)