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We were given these plants and have no name, can you name the plant please and if they are a perennial. We have them in white, pink, and red. Many thanks in advance. 
Dave

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Dianthus
    They should be perennials but many varieties on offer these days are best treated as annuals. So you'd need to wait until next year and see if they look viable.

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Dianthus - usually last for several years if in the right conditions.  Easy to reproduce from cuttings or save seed and use that to get a continuous supply.
  • Thank you for your replies, will wait till next year, and try to take cuttings. 
    Ps. Do I do cuttings now as they are dying back?? Or wait till spring. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I divide mine. I do it at almost any time. You can also peg down longer stems and they'll root, and you can then separate the new part from the parent. That takes a while though. 
    I only grow reliably perennial ones, so you'd need to experiment if you don't know which ones they are, as @Pete.8 says.
    They'll certainly need separated and given a bit of room. Some of them can get quite large.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Thank you for your reply, will see how it goes. 
    Dave
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Which potting medium do you use @Fairygirl? I have to grow them in pots as my soil is very acid...funnily enough, and mine need some attention. They were here when I moved in and I'd hate to lose them.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I just use soil if they're in pots, with some added grit @plant pauper .
    They're better in the ground though, and my soil isn't too acidic so they're fine, but most of them are planted in the gravel paths, and in the new gravelled area I made a couple of years ago when I took the grass away.
    There isn't a lot of soil below them, and if they get a bit scrappy and bare, I add some sieved soil over them and then a layer of grit and water it in well. 
    That rejuvenates them. This one had that treatment last year. I pegged stems down too, into the new mix. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Thanks @Fairygirl
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