3 Dianthus Cute as a Button Plants | Live Starter Perennials | Fragrant Pinks | Raspberry Blooms | Pollinator | Full Sun
3 Dianthus Cute as a Button Plants | Live Starter Perennials | Fragrant Pinks | Raspberry Blooms | Pollinator | Full Sun
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Add charming color and sweet fragrance to your garden with 3 Dianthus 'Cute as a Button' Starter Perennial Plants. This delightful Dianthus variety produces an abundance of raspberry-pink blooms accented with tiny light pink spots and crisp white picotee edges, creating a striking display from late spring into summer.
A member of the carnation family, Dianthus 'Cute as a Button' features compact gray-green foliage that forms a dense, tidy mound, making it perfect for edging, rock gardens, containers, and sunny borders. Its fragrant flowers attract butterflies and bees while remaining easy to grow and low maintenance.
Key Features
- Botanical Name: Dianthus 'Cute as a Button'
- Common Name: Pinks
- Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
- Flower Color: Raspberry Pink with White Picotee Edges
- Foliage Color: Gray-Green
- Quantity: 3 Live Starter Plants
- Plant Condition: Healthy starter plants; growth stage varies by season
- Mature Height: 6–8 inches
- Spread: 10–12 inches
- Bloom Season: Late Spring through Summer
- Growth Habit: Compact, Mounding
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Water Needs: Low to Moderate
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 5–9
Why You'll Love It
- Beautiful raspberry-pink blooms with crisp white edges
- Sweetly fragrant flowers
- Excellent butterfly and bee plant
- Compact growth for borders and edging
- Easy to grow and low maintenance
- Drought tolerant once established
- Deer resistant
- Excellent for containers and rock gardens
Perfect For
- Cottage gardens
- Rock gardens
- Pollinator gardens
- Sunny borders
- Garden edging
- Container gardens
- Walkway plantings
- Cut flower gardens
- Small landscape spaces
Care Instructions
Plant in well-drained soil in full sun for the best flowering. Water regularly during establishment, then only during extended dry periods. Remove spent blooms to encourage additional flowering. Shear lightly after blooming to maintain a compact habit and encourage fresh growth.
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