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Ever since the Telstar series of dianthus arrived on the scene, gardeners have been entranced and prizes have been flyingon both sides of the Atlantic. Here in America, Telstar Picotee won the All-America Selection, our highest award for a seed. In Europe, both Telstar Crimson and Telstar Mix (the same one we’re offering here) won the Fleuroselect Gold Medal, an honor given only to a few seed varietiesever. Telstar began a whole new breeding program for dianthus, and to our mind, it remains the absolute tops.
So what’s the big deal? Well, Telstars combine two species of Dianthus: Sweet William (D. barbatus) and China Pinks (D. chinensis). This gives them both hardiness and floriferousness, not to mention superior color, fragrance, and branching. They bloom in both spring and fall (and right through summer in cooler areas). They’re perennial, though we prefer to grow them as annuals becaus
