Sweet William, or Dianthus barbatus, are the ultimate cottage garden plant. A riot of pinks, whites, purples and reds with charming, old-fashioned blooms. In recent years, I have been a little ...

The magic of container gardening is that the containers can be placed anywhere you like. And if the pot is filled with sweet-smelling Dianthuses, you may be looking for extra places around your yard ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

Chances are that you grow the National Garden Bureau's 2004 Flower of the Year. It's the dianthus, a plant with many aliases and species. Your plants could be Sweet Williams, or maybe you raise the ...