Perennial

looks like Sweet William to me,Rk..very nice..

Beautiful colours on the picture.

yes i thought sweet william

Awesome, that's what I thought! Not a fragrant flower like some of my other Dianthus varieties but it sure looks nice with all the different colored flowers opening.

I'm waiting to see what mine is like too,Rk..a gift from
another Goyer..that's how I recognised yours...memories of childhood,as they were very popular then..nice to see they still are..:o)

I wish rock garden plants in general were more popular, they are very pretty but getting harder to find. It's disappointing that I almost never see rock gardens here. When I move I am going to make a large rock garden area for my daphnes and am going to line the border with several of my smaller dianthus varieties.

That sounds good,Rk....nice idea :o)

i hope you will put lots of photos on for us to see the new rock garden, please.

I have just started work on building a berm. I don't like the area I am building in since it is on the side of a garage but it is the best location for the daphnes to get shelter and plenty of light. I am going to be working on putting in rocks in the next week and then I am using broken down horse manure for the lower layer of topsoil. I hope it comes out nice, they are not terribly difficult to build but time consuming and hard to get the slopes right.

Hope it goes well - will be beautiful when it's all done.