Dianthus alpinus 'Albus'         7cm...£2.50 

Makes a lovely dark green mat of quite long, glossy linear leaves which disappear beneath the really fine, large, creamy white flowers. Sunny, well-drained spot is ideal. 

As above but different - foliage pale glaucous blue and flowers a lovely shade of pale salmon.

 Dianthus 'Annette'          9cm...£2.50 

 Dianthus arpadianus var. pumilus          9cm...£2.50 

This makes a fine cushion of glorious green, spiky foliage and grows very tight and compact when planted in a sunny rock garden. Attractive yellowish rose flowers.

Dianthus 'Berlin Snow'          9cm...£2.50 

An attractive combination of bright white flowers over a flat, spiky deep green cushion of foliage. Enjoys sun in a well-drained spot. 

 Dianthus 'Boydii'          9cm...£2.50 

A D.alpinus hybrid with similar linear, mid-green leaves making a three-inch cushion and lovely frilled, pink flowers with a distinct central zone. 

An excellent species from Turkey, forming a compact cushion with pale green, short needle-like foliage and equally compact bright purple-pink flowers. Choice. 

Dianthus caespitosa         9cm...£3.00 

Grown from African seed but has proved relatively hardy thus far; which is good, as the flowers are stunning - large satin pink, flat-faced, full-petalled saucers on wiry four-inch stems. These emerge quite late in the season ( in June/July ) from a loose, spiky glaucous cushion and look wonderful in a dry, sunny spot.

 Dianthus 'Conwy Silver'         7cm...£2.50 

 A very small, dense mound-forming Dianthus with glaucous silver cushions covered with good-sized, rich magenta-pink flowers. An excellent form.

A very tight, low-growing cushion of spiky, linear foliage beneath quite large, mid-pink flowers. 

 Dianthus 'Fenbow Nutmeg Clove'           9cm...£2.50 

An old fashioned garden Carnation with large, semi-double crimson flowers and a sultry perfume; all on a tidy mound of spiky silver, blue-grey foliage. First class plant for the front of a sunny border.

Dianthus freynii          1ltr...£2.75 

( syn D. alpinus ) A fine treasure for the rock garden, trough or pot. Very spiky silver foliage on a dense mound and very many purple-pink flowers on short two-inch stems. Quickly makes a good specimen and contrasts well with all other green-foliaged plants. 

 Dianthus haematocalyx s.sp pindicola 'Alba'          7cm...£3.00 

These are cuttings from a white-flowered form which arose from my own seed. Ice-white flowers on short stems over blue-grey foliage.

 Dianthus microlepis 'Eileen Lever'          7cm...£2.50  

A charming, creeping Dianthus from the Eastern Alps. Small linear, plum-brown foliage gently spreads over and down rock, trough or wall and in mid-Summer, hundreds of red-purple flowers on short stems. Eye-catching.

 Dianthus neglectus         7cm...£2.50

 Dianthus oshtenicum         sold out 

Not your 'run-of-the-mill' Dianthus; having more the appearance of a Silene.with stems spreading underground and emerging to produce small tufts of dark green leaves and deep, bright pink flowers. Very satisfying and attractive. 

 Dianthus petraeus s.sp noeanus        1ltr...£2.75 

Highly scented, large white flowers over a prickly tufted bun. An excellent form of D.petraeus from Bulgaria.

Dianthus 'Pudsey Prize'         sold out 

A fine Brian Burrow hybrid ( D.alpinus x D.callizonus ), absolutely covered in June with large, pale rose-pink flowers on erect two-inch stems, over a lush, healthy clump of linear, dark green leaves. Sun.

A startling selection with probably the most silvered foliage of all, in a dense spiky mound and large, bright magenta-pink flowers on short stems.

 Dianthus 'Sammy'        9cm...£2.25

An old hybrid with numerous deep pink flowers above a tight mound of glaucous grey-green, linear foliage. A good Dianthus for the rock garden where it will slowly form a six-inch cushion. 

 Dianthus squarrosus alpinus          7cm...£2.25 

Makes a flat mat of very narrow leaves and lovely white flowers with a distinct fringe to the outer margins and a lovely scent to complement a sunny Summers day. 

 Dianthus strictus s.sp pulchellus          7cm...£2.50  

Probably the tightest cushion-forming Dianthus with tiny, pointed silver leaves in a dense mound. From this emerge perfectly proportioned, mid-pink flowers on very short stems. Ideal in a sunny trough or choice enough for a pot in the alpine house.

Seedlings from this compact, silvered mound-forming selection with large, brightest pink flowers. 

 Dianthus 'Whatfield Can-Can'         9cm...£2.00

 Dianthus 'Whatfield Gem'         9cm...£2.00