These are the only dianthus we have been able to keep alive--I believe most people refer to these as "Cheddar Pinks". In any event, the first ones planted were "Fire Witch". They actually filled that whole area. Over the years they have been lost to moles, gophers, fire ants and natural die out. I did plant another variety, can't remember the name and they must have crossed naturally, because now there are variations in color.
I think this is the true "Fire Witch" for the color is very vivid.
Contrast these to the ones above, much paler. Below are a few more variations.
Well, I was too close to this one for the picture, but definitely different from the others.
The Common Factor for all is FRAGRANCE. It is wonderful to walk out on the back porch with a light wind from the south that blows the fragrance of these flowers right to me. Sometimes a wind isn't needed, it's just there.
The same holds for fragrant irises on our property. Mostly these are old style that were growing here when we bought this house, so we have very few named varieties.
The old yellow irises really show up--can't describe the fragrance, but it's very nice.
These old white irises were given to me when we lived in Fort Worth, and we brought them with us, thank goodness. The fragrance is just marvelous. A couple of evenings ago I walked out to the compost pile which is close to where they are planted, and I was five feet away when I got the scent--lovely!! The plants are starting to increase a lot now,
These very pretty two-tone purples were here, no telling how many years--how do I describe the fragrance--grape?? Whatever, bring it on!
I believe this is one of the few named hybrids that came with us from Ft. Worth. Just a guess it might be Victoria Falls, should go to the Iris Forum and see if that is an iris name. Anyway, it has the "grapey" type fragrance. There are only a few of these, they are slow to increase and bloom.
So that's it, will post if anything else shows up.
