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Dianthus barbatus, the sweet William, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It has become a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 13–92 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of ...
Saponaria officinalis is a common perennial plant from the family Caryophyllaceae. This plant has many common names, [2] including common soapwort, [3] bouncing-bet, [3] crow soap, [2] wild sweet William, [2] and soapweed. [4] There are about 20 species of soapworts altogether.
Wild sweet William may refer to: Phlox divaricata, native to eastern North America; Phlox maculata, native to eastern North America; Saponaria officinalis, native to ...
Dianthus (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n θ ə s / dy-AN-thəs) [1] is a genus of about 340 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species in north Africa and in southern Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America.
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Flowers appear in late spring and early summer. They are pleasantly fragrant and 2–4 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube. [2] The petals are a variety of pastel colors: blue-lavender, light purple, pink, or white. Flowers bloom March to May. It grows in moist, deciduous woods and ...
The Sweet William Dwarf plant is a biennial plant. Biennials grown for flowers, fruits, or seeds are grown for two years, whereas those grown for edible leaves or roots are harvested after one year—and are not kept a second year to run to seed.
H. matronalis foliage. Hesperis matronalis is an herbaceous flowering plant species in the family Brassicaceae.It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflower, rogue's gilliflower, sweet rocket, and mother-of-the-evening.