The garden carnation or country carnation, which originates from the Mediterranean region, blooms from around June-July to September. Some cultivars even flower from May or into October. The easy-care carnation is a decorative eye-catcher in the summer garden.
The carnation flowers as early as May
Are carnations suitable as cut flowers?
The hardy carnation makes an excellent cut flower for the vase. It is best to cut off any side buds early on, then a more beautiful main flower will form. If you change the water in the vase every two days, the carnation will keep for a particularly long time. A calcareous soil also promotes lush flowering.
Worth knowing in brief:
- Flowering time: between May and October, depending on the variety
- Flower colors: white, pink, various shades of red, two-tone
- hardy
- excellent cut flower
tips
Create a colorful bed with different varieties of carnation in different colors and with different flowering times. So you can enjoy the decorative flowers for a particularly long time.