Ohio State University Plant Dictionary

Scientific Name:
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Spotty'

Family:
Spotty Cheddar Pinks

Family:
Caryophyllaceae

Description:
Cheddar Pinks has glaucous blue-gray to blue-green evergreen foliage in prostrate form, which could be used as an edger, groundcover, or perennial for sunny sites, or to complement the blue-foliaged ornamental grasses (e.g. Festuca, Helictotrichon) and perennials (e.g. Boltonia, cultivars of Hosta).

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