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TO YOUR DIANTHUS GROW-TO GUIDE
Page 4: There’s a dianthus for that! For hardy landscape varieties, grab-and-go gift plants and compact potted varieties that look delightful on a patio or coffee table, turn to our Dianthus Smart Chart. Page 5: Scheduling
your dianthus is easy. Select your finish week and you’re good to grow! Pages 18-19: We’re
your source for Whetman Pinks! Offshore supply of Whetman Pinks now available from Selecta One!
NEW Capitán Rose+Eye
Key
Vigor
Flowering Time
Heat Tolerance
1 low 2 low-medium 3 medium 4 medium-high 5 high
1 very early 2 early 3 standard
A excellent B very good C good
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Our core principles include: • Breeding for robust improvements, including resistance to pests and diseases. • Investing in advanced laboratory facilities for diagnostics, tissue culture and vase life testing. • Adhering to global quality standards for growing certifications. • Optimizing logistics to add value at every stage of the supply chain. • Emphasizing environmental responsibility, including using renewable energy at production sites. Quality Testimonial "I used to deal with inconsistency in rooting with domestic dianthus suppliers, but your ‘Kenyan consistency’ has given me a new confidence in dianthus rooting."
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GROW YOUR
YOUR WAY
We ship our high-quality dianthus reliably via air into the U.S. and Canada as unrooted cuttings and Callus+ cuttings. We also offer rooted liners at a supplier near you. Take advantage of our product range and professional handling to broaden your dianthus program!
Save time and money with Callus+ Cuttings. • Save money by eliminating IBA rooting hormone expense. • Reduce propagation time by at least 2 weeks. • Reduce shrink by achieving 100% rooting success. • Reduce risk with proven success from extensive North American trials.
Unrooted Cutting (URC)
Rooted Liner
Callus+ Cutting
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WHAT'S YOUR TYPE?
Perennials With hardiness to USDA Zone 5, these frost-hardy, early-season tender perennials provide home gardeners and professional landscapers with wonderful fragrances and dependable blooms atop frilly green and blue-green foliage. varieties for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and impulse purchases throughout the year. P otted FOR INDOORS & OUTDOORS! Annuals Look to low-maintenance annual dianthus varieties to brighten containers, landscapes, rock gardens, flower beds and cut flower gardens. Their fragrances are delightful, and their colors attract butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinators. Opportunities abound for potted dianthus to add pops of color to indoor (or outdoor) spaces! Expand your standing as a potted plant producer with these gorgeous
Capitán Magnifica
EverLast Neon Pink
I Love U
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SMART CHART
Shop annuals, perennials, outdoor pots and indoor pots for gift-giving occasions, and in-ground varieties for cut flowers and landscapes.
Indoor/ Outdoor Potted
Flower Type
Size/ Habit
Series
LandscapePerennial Annual
Pot Sizes
Description
• Large, vigorous plant. • Can be used as a cut flower. • Great in ground and in containers. • Long season flowering. • Fully double blooms. • Fragrant flowers. • Multicolored blooms. • Ideal for container and garden use. • Large, double bicolored blooms. • Ideal bouquets for Valentine’s Day. • Extremely floriferous. • Blooms early in Spring, late into Summer, again in Fall. • Excellent branching. • Early flowering.
2.5 qt., (2.8 L) 8 to 14 in (20 to 35 cm) planters
Capitán™
7a
Double Upright
Medium Upright
6 in. to 2.5 qt. (1 to 2.8 L)
DiaDeur™
6a
Double
Compact Upright
4 to 6 in. (10 to 15 cm)
Early Love®
7a
Double
Single and Double
Medium Upright
EverLast™
5a
2.5 qt. (2.8 L)
• Colors range from deep pink to white. • Marketing retail program available.
Compact Mounded
2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm)
I Love U
7a
Double
• Excellent bloom life. • Heat and frost tolerant. • Blooms last in various conditions. • Ideal as a potted gift plant. • Very well-matched series. • Perfect for core color gallon programs. • Good for large indoor pot carnations. • Vibrant two-tone flowers. • No deadheading. • Ideal grab-and-go gifts for retail. • Upright carnation with bicolor blooms. • Attracts pollinators to gardens. • Frost-tolerant flowers. • Works well as an indoor potted plant. • Fully double blooms. • Fragrant flowers. • Excellent pot carnation. • Ideal for container and garden use.
4 in., 1 qt., (10 cm, 1 L) bowls, planters
Compact Upright
Oscar®
6a
Double
Petite Single
Low- Growing
Packs to 2.5 qt. (2.8 L)
Pashmina™
5b
Semi- Double
Compact Upright
2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm)
Pink Kisses®
5a
Purple Wedding™
Semi- Double
Compact Upright
4 to 6 in. (10 to 15 cm)
7a
Medium Upright
6 in. to 2.5 qt. (1 to 2.8 L)
SuperTrouper™
6a
Double
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DIANTHUS SCHEDULING Based on desired finish week and growing conditions
Propagation 66°-70° F 19°-21° C
Bulking 60°-70° F 15°-19° C
Slow Grow 55°-60° F 13°-15° C
Holding 38°-45° F 3°-7° C
Forcing 62°-70° F 17°-20° C
Retail
VERY EARLY Early Love, I Love U GROWING CONDITIONS Cool Greenhouse Cold Perennial Cool Annual
JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY
EARLY DiaDeur, Oscar, Pashmina, SuperTrouper GROWING CONDITIONS
Propagation 66°-70° F 19°-21° C
Bulking 60°-70° F 15°-19° C
Slow Grow 55°-60° F 13°-15° C
Holding 38°-45° F 3°-7° C
Forcing 62°-70° F 17°-20° C
Retail
JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY
Cool Greenhouse Cold Perennial Cool Annual
Propagation 66°-70° F 19°-21° C
Bulking 60°-70° F 15°-19° C
Slow Grow 55°-60° F 13°-15° C
Holding 38°-45° F 3°-7° C
Forcing 62°-70° F 17°-20° C
Retail
MID Capitán, EverLast, Purple Wedding GROWING CONDITIONS
JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY
Cool Greenhouse Cold Perennial Cool Annual
Propagation 66°-70° F 19°-21° C
Bulking 60°-70° F 15°-19° C
Slow Grow 55°-60° F 13°-15° C
Holding 38°-45° F 3°-7° C
Forcing 62°-70° F 17°-20° C
Retail
LATE Pink Kisses GROWING CONDITIONS
JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV
DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY
Cool Greenhouse Cold Perennial Cool Annual
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INTRODUCING EVERLAST ™ RED FLASH A tough, perennial beauty
If you like Neon Pink, you'll love NEW Red Flash! Our latest variety displays glorious, stop-you-in-your-tracks color that blooms in early Spring, delivering more days of intoxicating vibrancy than any other perennial dianthus!
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EVERLAST ™ Dianthus interspecific MEDIUM VIGOR | UPRIGHT & MOUNDED • Most extensive color range • Blooms in early Spring
Height: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 30 cm) Spread: 10 to 14 in. (25 to 36 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
• Tough as nails in any weather • Perennial for Spring planting
NEW Red Flash 2 2 B
Neon Pink 2 1 B
White 2 2 B
Pink to White 2 2 B
Cherry Swirl 2 1 B
Red+Pink 3 2 B
Orchid 3 2 B
Peach 3 1 B
Violet Blue 3 3 B
EverLast Neon Pink
Ruby Edge 3 3 B
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PASHMINA ™ Dianthus cultivars MEDIUM VIGOR | SPREADING | EARLY SEASON • Excellent in the landscape • Super-tough, overwintering series is hardy in Zone 5a • Blooms Spring through Summer, and comes back year after year • No vernalization required • Fast-crop perennial for Spring planting
Height: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 30 cm) Spread: 14 to 20 in. (36 to 51 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a Ideal Pot Sizes: Packs, Quarts, Gallons Uses: Pots, Landscapes
Pink+White 1 2 B
Berry Red 1 2 B
Magenta+White 2 1 B
Pashmina Pink+White
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CAPITÁN ™ Dianthus cultivars LARGE VIGOR | UPRIGHT
Height: 12 to 18 in. (30 to 46 cm) Spread: 14 to 18 in. (36 to 46 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 7a to 10b Ideal Pot Sizes: Gallons, Larger than Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
• Growers can expect smooth sailing with Capitán Dianthus! • A premium dianthus series with XL vigor that can be sold for a premium price
• Novel bicolor double blooms • Prized for its lovely fragrance • Durability through cold-chain shipping processes in retail settings
NEW Rose+Eye 4 2 B
Purple Frost 4 2 B
Magnifica 4 2 B
Red White Edge 3 2 B
Purple+White 3 2 B
Capitán Magnifica
CHARMING CAPITÁN MAKES AN
CONSUMER CUTFLOWER!
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SUPERTROUPER ™ Dianthus caryophyllus MEDIUM VIGOR | UPRIGHT & MOUNDED | EARLY SEASON • Double flowers
Height: 10 to 14 in. (25 to 36 cm) Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 6a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons, Larger than Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
• Excellent color range • Wonderful fragrance • Strong performer in pots and gardens
White 3 2 B
Yellow 3 3 B
Appleblossom 2 2 B
Light Pink Previously Vivacia ™ 2 2 B
Lavender+Eye 3 2 B
Orange 3 3 B
Silver Pink 4 2 B
Red+Pink 3 2 B
Dynamix™ Radiating Romance Featuring SuperTrouper White, Silver Pink and Scarlet
Scarlet 3 3 B
Purple 2 2 B
OSCAR AND SUPERTROUPER PAIR TOGETHER
!
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OSCAR ® Dianthus caryophyllus COMPACT VIGOR | MOUNDED | EARLY SEASON
Height: 8 to 10 in. (20 to 25 cm) Spread: 6 to 10 in. (15 to 25 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 6a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
• Hyper-uniform pot carnation series • Best-branched habit on the market • Long-lasting double blooms
White 1 2 B
Neon Pink 0 0
Peach Edge 2 2 B
Light Rose 2 2 B
Purple Star 2 2 B
Violet+Pink 2 2 B
Ruby Splash 2 2 B
Pink 2 2 B
Oscar Neon Pink
Cherry 2 2 B
Pink+Purple 2 2 B
Salmon 2 2 B
Cherry+Velvet 2 2 B
Dark Red 2 2 B
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HEAVEN
For the sweet smell of grower success
D ia D eur ™
DIANTHUS
Dianthus DiaDeur™ Pink Shades
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DIADEUR ™ Dianthus caryophyllus COMPACT VIGOR | UPRIGHT & MOUNDED | EARLY SEASON • Well-branched habit • Low-energy growing; weather tolerant • Fully double, multicolored blooms • Fragrant flowers • Ideal for containers – both indoor and outdoor – and garden use
Height: 10 to 14 in. (25 to 36 cm) Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 6a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons, Larger than Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
IT SELLS ITSELF! DIANTHUS SO REMARKABLY ragrant
Pink Shades 3 2 B
Pink+Red 3 2 B
Velvet+White 3 2 B
Magenta+Red 3 3 B
Magenta+White Edge 3 2 B
DiaDeur Pink Shades
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Height: 12 to 16 in. (30 to 41 cm) Spread: 10 to 14 in. (25 to 36 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a Ideal Pot Sizes: Packs, Quarts Uses: Pots, Combos
PINK KISSES ® Dianthus cultivars COMPACT VIGOR | UPRIGHT • Perfect grab-and-go gift item
• Lots of two-tone flowers; no deadheading • Frost-hardy, early-season tender perennial
point-of-purchase materials
Pink Kisses 2 2 B
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Height: 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm) Spread: 5 to 7 in. (13 to 18 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 7a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts Uses: Pots, Combos, Landscapes
I LOVE U Dianthus caryophyllus
COMPACT VIGOR | MOUNDED HIGH DENSITY | EARLY SEASON
• Always displays a full range of colors • Works both indoors and outdoors • Pollinators love this fragrant carnation • Colors range from deep pink to soft rose to white
point-of-purchase materials
I Love U 1 1 B
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EARLY LOVE ® Dianthus cultivars COMPACT VIGOR | UPRIGHT | EARLY SEASON • Early flowering, unique bicolor • Large, double blooms on short stems • Great match to Pink Kisses® • Excellent branching • Perfect gifts for Valentine's Day!
point-of-purchase materials
Height: 10 to 14 in. (25 to 36 cm) Spread: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 30 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 7a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos
Early Love 2 1 B
PURPLE WEDDING ® Dianthus cultivars MEDIUM VIGOR | UPRIGHT • Tricolored purple blooms include a dark eye • Early, upright, dark-leafed carnation • Frost tolerant and lasts for months • Attracts pollinators to gardens • Works well as an indoor potted plant
Height: 12 to 14 in. (30 to 36 cm) Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm) USDA Hardiness Zone: 7a Ideal Pot Sizes: Quarts, Gallons Uses: Pots, Combos
Purple Wedding 2 2 B
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For more Dynamix combos featuring Selecta One Dianthus, visit SelectaNorthAmerica.com/Dynamix.
Custom Combinations Get creative with your combination program with Dynamix from Selecta One! Your custom Dynamix combos are proven to grow well together and perform for your customers. Simply order your desired mixture components separately. Selecta One Dianthus are ideal for Dynamix combinations thanks to their dependability and uniform growth, including Dynamix Blossoming Beauty, below. It delivers an easy, seamless blend of vibrant color and charm.
Plantograms: Recipes for Success
Oscar® White Dianthus
Blossoming Beauty
Oscar® Pink+Purple Dianthus
Oscar® Dark Red Dianthus
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WE'RE YOUR SOURCE FOR WHETMAN PINKS! Favorites in the United Kingdom since 1936, select Whetman Pinks varieties are now available to North American growers via Selecta One.
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AMERICAN PIE® Berry à la Mode
AMERICAN PIE® Bumbleberry Pie
AMERICAN PIE® Cherry Pie
AMERICAN PIE® Georgia Peach Pie
AMERICAN PIE® Key Lime Pie
AMERICAN PIE® Orange Meringue
EARLY BIRD® Chili
EARLY BIRD® Fizzy
EARLY BIRD® Frosty
EARLY BIRD® Radiance
EARLY BIRD® Sherbert
PREMIER™ Hello Yellow®
PREMIER™ Pinball Wizard
PREMIER™ Rosebud
PREMIER™ Silver Star
PREMIER™ Starburst
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PREMIER™ PICKABLES® ColorPop
SCENT FIRST® COMPACT Coconut Surprise
SCENT FIRST® COMPACT Eternity
SCENT FIRST® COMPACT Raspberry Surprise
SCENT FIRST® Lemon Sparkler
SCENT FIRST® Memories
SCENT FIRST® Orange Sparkler
SCENT FIRST® Passion
SCENT FIRST® Romance
SCENT FIRST® Sugar Plum
STAR DOUBLE™ Pop Star
STAR DOUBLE™ Starlette
ELECTRIC DREAMS®
STAR SINGLE™ Fire Star Improved
STAR SINGLE™ Neon Star Improved
STAR SINGLE™ Peppermint Star
STAR SINGLE™ Stargazer
STAR SINGLE™ Superstar
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GROWING GUIDELINES
PROPAGATION
• Choose a well-drained medium with an EC of 0.75 to 0.80 mmhos and a pH of 5.5 to 5.8. • Dianthus cuttings should be stuck on the day of arrival. Cuttings can be stored overnight at 39 to 45�F (4 to 7�C). Soaking the cuttings in water for 1-4 hours, cut end down, "asparagus style," can help prevent cuttings from drying out. Cuttings arrive bundled to make this easy.
• A rooting hormone is recommended to promote early, uniform rooting. IBA at 1,000 ppm dip is preferred.
Easy, bundled cuttings
Configure
• Soil temperature should be maintained at 68 to 72�F (20 to 22�C) until roots are visible. • Mist heavily in the first few days to prevent desiccation. Reduce mist after 4 to 5 days to prevent excess water in the media. Too wet media will result in heavy callus and slow rooting. • Begin fertilization when roots become visible with 75 to 100 ppm N. Increase to 150 to 200 ppm N as roots develop. • Pinching is used to remove the first bloom, and to increase fill for larger containers. It is not needed with some varieties. Configure can be applied to enhance branching in no-pinch scenarios. • Dianthus rooted cuttings should be ready for transplanting 28 to 33 days after sticking.
Pinching
3 Weeks After Stick
GROWING ON TO FINISH
• Use media with good aeration, drainage and water-holding capacity. Maintain pH 5.8-6.4. • Dianthus should be grown cool or cold, depending on the type of production. See scheduling chart on page 5. • For cold season production, grow in high light conditions. • Feed regularly at 200-300 ppm N from a complete 17-5-17 cal-mag formula fertilizer. • Avoid dramatic swings in media moisture to avoid root rot and other diseases.
• Watch for Alternaria leaf spot. This fungal pathogen is the most common disease. • When grown cool, dianthus will need little or no PGR. When needed from warm temperatures and/or vigorous varieties, PGR options include paclobutrazol sprays at 1-2 ppm, daminozide at 2,500 ppm or chlormequat chloride at 500-750 ppm.
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ROOTED CUTTINGS
Selecta One varieties are available as rooted cuttings from Selecta One licensed Root & Sell Stations. Contact your favorite broker for ordering details.
U.S. Root & Sell Stations
Canada Root & Sell Stations George Sant & Sons Greenhouses
Ball Tagawa Growers 819 Zenon Way Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Phone (805) 481-7526 Fax (805) 431-2192
Mast Young Plants, Inc. 6564 Peach Ridge Avenue NW
Van Wingerden Greenhouses 8210 Portal Way Blaine, WA 98230 Phone (360) 366-3906 Fax (360) 366-3911 Servicing Western Canada Westcan Greenhouses 2527 210 Street Langley Twp, BC V2Z 2A9 Phone (604) 530-9298 Fax (604) 530-9966
Grand Rapids, MI 49544 Toll Free (800) 541-3910 Phone (616) 784-0583 Fax (616) 784-3136 Pacific Plug & Liner 750 Casserly Road Watsonville, CA 95076 Phone (831) 722-5396 Fax (831) 722-1306 Plantpeddler, Inc. 530 2nd Avenue SW Cresco, IA 52136 Phone (800) 827-1654 Van de Wetering Greenhouses
11831 Cold Creek Road Kleinburg, ON L0J 1C0 Phone (905) 893-1592 Les Serres Frank Zyromski 1853 Chemin Laliberté Rivière-Rouge, QC J0T 1T0 Phone (819) 275-5156 Fax (819) 275-7976 Qualitree Propagators Inc. 51546 Ferry Road
DGI Propagators 7073 40th Avenue
Hudsonville, MI 49426 Phone (616) 669-0552 Fax (616) 669-2557 Dickman Farms 13 Archie Street Auburn, NY 13021 Phone (315) 253-3030
Rosedale, BC V0X 1X2, Phone (604) 794-3375
Fax (315) 253-3377 Fessler Nursery Co. 12666 Monitor McKee Road NE Woodburn, OR 97071 Phone (503) 634-2448 Fax (503) 634-2866 Green Leaf Plants 2369 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17602-3441 Phone (800) 321-9573 Gulley Greenhouse, Inc. 6029 S. Shields Street Fort Collins, CO 80526 Phone (970) 223-4769 Fax (970) 226-2763
Whetman Pinks Root & Sell Stations
Ball Tagawa Growers Arroyo Grande, CA Creek Hill Nursery Leola, PA DGI Propagators Hudsonville, MI Dickman Farms Auburn, NY Emerald Coast Growers Pensacola, FL Fessler Nursery Co. Woodburn, OR George Sant & Sons Greenhouses Kleinburg, ON, Canada
Gulley Greenhouses, Inc. Fort Collins, CO James Greenhouses Athens, GA Pacific Plug & Liner Watsonville, CA Swift Greenhouses Gilman, IA Van de Wetering Greenhouses Jamesport, NY Walter's Gardens Zeeland, MI Westcan Greenhouses Langley Township, BC, Canada
5784 Sound Avenue Jamesport, NY 11947 Phone (631) 722-8757 Fax (631) 722-8765 Van Wingerden Greenhouses 8210 Portal Way Blaine, WA 98230 Phone (360) 366-3906 Fax (360) 366-3911 Welby Gardens 17201 W. 64th Avenue Arvada, CO 80007
Toll Free (800) 457-4725 Phone (303) 288-3398 Fax (303) 287-9316
Lucas Greenhouses 1049 Whig Lane Monroeville, NJ 08343 Phone (856) 881-0234 Fax (856) 881-2502
UNROOTED CUTTINGS AND CALLUS+ CUTTINGS
Available exclusively through Ball Seed®
Unrooted Cutting (URC)
Save time and money with Callus+ Cuttings. • Save money by eliminating IBA rooting hormone expense. • Reduce propagation time by at least 2 weeks. • Reduce waste by achieving 100% rooting success. • Reduce risk with proven success from extensive North American trials.
Callus+ Cutting
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