Dianthus - Dwarf Cultivars - 2001-2002

CULTIVAR PHOTOS, RATINGS AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION FOUND BELOW.  PLEASE READ THE HONORS AND RATING INFORMATION  BEFORE LEAVING THIS PAGE.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Scientific Name:  Dianthus chinensis L.; D. chinensis X D. Barbatus; Dianthus hybrida. 
Common Names:  Dianthus; China pink; rainbow pink.. 
Common Pest Problems: Insects:  

Disease: bacterial spot, stem rot (Rhizoctonia solani), and wilt (Fusarium sp.)

Pest Control:  University of Florida - EDIS: Pest Management Guides
More Information:

Trial report, or other publications on this trial.

Additional Information
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Honors
Best-of-class (BC).  We select the best performer in each class, based on the "overall rating".  This rating may not be high, if the class does not perform well; also, the rating may not be significantly different from one or more members of the class. If two or more members of a class received the same overall rating, we used another rating to determine BC.  If only one cultivar was entered in a class, it automatically becomes uncontested BC.  See "Research Papers". Data has been taken to spring 2002; papers are being converted to PDF or in the process of review, and will be added to the trials web page soon.  Other "honors" received for these cultivars maybe added at a later date, time permitting.  Seed companies may forward these honors (awards) to Rick Kelly.

Rating System
Foliage and flower ratings are combined to generate the "overall rating" listed below for each cultivar within its class.  The rating is a 1 to 7 scale: 7- all foliage and flowers free from defects; 4- average foliage and flower condition, minimal plant defects or pest damage to tissue, but  still acceptable; 1- foliage and/or flowers with severe defects and/or severely infested with pests and damage unacceptable, making plant undesirable.  Plant death due to soilborne pests may be factored into the overall rating, if it is a significant problem.  Refer to "Research Papers" for details.  Generally, ratings with an "a" are the best in a class.  If cultivars share the same letters, those ratings are considered to be similar to each other.  If there are no letters, there is only one cultivar in a class or all the members of a class have similar ratings.

Seed sown 5 Oct.

 Digital photographs of plots: 4 Feb, unless otherwise indicated in comments.

Dwarf Dianthus: < 10"

Dianthus chinensis

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Honors

Class -  Pink/red

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Super Strawberry Parfait'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 2.6 Overall rating is an observation from one surviving plot.

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Class - dianthus (D. chinensis) - Purple, red violet/white/red

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Super  Raspberry Parfait'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 3.2 Overall rating is an observation from one surviving plot.

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Class - dwarf mix  

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Ideal Sweetheart Mix'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 5.0
  'Ideal Sweetheart Mix'      

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Class - dwarf – pink 

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Diamond Pink'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.3 D. hybrida.

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Class - dwarf – purple, red-violet

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

'Diamond Purple'

(Full Listing)

 Sakata Seed America 5.6 D. hybrida.
  'Ideal Violet'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 4.6 D. hybrida.

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Class - dwarf – purple, red-violet/white

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

'Ideal Violet Picotee'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 5.9 D. hybrida. Flower with picotee pattern.
    'Ideal Violet Picotee'     Flower without picotee pattern. 

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Class - dwarf red

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Diamond Red'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.2 D. hybrida.

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Class - dwarf – red/white

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

 

 'Ideal Cherry Picotee'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 5.8 a D. hybrida.

Best-of-class

 'Telstar Picotee'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 6.0 a D. chinensis X D.
barbatus.
  'Ideal Valentine'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 3.5 b D. hybrida.

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Class - dwarf – red shades/tints

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Diamond Carmine Rose'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.9 a D. hybrida.
  'Diamond Coral'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.1 c D. hybrida.
VT-W-01-02-16B.jpg (317052 bytes)   'Ideal Carmine'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 5.2 c D. hybrida.
VT-W-01-02-137B.jpg (320356 bytes) VT-W-01-02-137FLlate.jpg (110698 bytes)   'Telstar Carmine Rose'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 5.7 ab D. chinensis X D.
barbatus.
  'Telstar Crimson'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 5.7 bc D. chinensis X D.
barbatus.

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Class - dwarf white  

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Ideal White'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 4.7  

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Class - dwarf – white to pink color shift class 

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-class

 'Diamond Blush Pink'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.7 D. hybrida.

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