Champion Campions of the Catskills! Pretty in Pinks Part II!

Last week I posted a blog about some garden flowers in the Dianthus family, known to botanists as Caryophyllaceae.  I discussed several garden flowers in the genus Dianthus, a group of species within the Dianthus family. This week, I will discuss some other Dianthus family plants closely related to the…

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Pretty in Pinks! Catskills Dianthus!

Starting to bloom right now in Catskills gardens are the flowers known commonly as Pinks, but also known by their scientific name Dianthus. They are part of a large group of flowers, annuals, biennials and perennials, in the family Caryophyllaceae, with many garden and wild representatives of interest to the…

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