You will love the punchy color and tidy habit of Dianthus × 'Paint the Town Fuchsia'. This compact perennial forms a low, mounded clump of narrow blue-green foliage topped with bright, serrated fuchsia-pink flowers in late spring and early summer, often with additional blooms after a light trim.

Plant it where you can give it full sun for the heaviest flowering, though a bit of afternoon shade is helpful in hot summer areas. Provide well-drained soil and avoid sites that stay wet in winter. If your soil is heavy, improve drainage with grit or plant on a slight rise or in a rock garden-style bed.

After the main flush, shear lightly to neaten the plant and encourage more buds. Water to establish, then water when the top few inches of soil dry out. Space plants so air moves through the foliage, and keep mulch pulled back from the crown for best performance.

At just 6-8 inches tall with a 12-14 inch spread, it is ideal along sunny edges, in containers, or tucked into mixed borders for early-season color. In colder regions, leave the foliage until spring and clean up after new growth begins.

Specifications

• Cold hardiness zone: 4-9 (-30 degrees F) - Contact your local extension to confirm hardiness if you are in a fringe zone (we cannot guarantee hardiness in fringe zones)
• Light: Full sun   Part sun
• Growth rate: Moderate
• Mature height: 6-8"
• Spread: 12-14"
• Evergreen: Yes

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