PlantSowGrowHow to plant and care for Pinks (Doris)
Dianthus 'Doris'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
Clove-scented, salmon-pink flowers over silvery foliage from June to autumn. Neat edging for sunny paths and pots.
When to plant and care for it
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Flowers
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Pinks (Doris): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well until established, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Well-drained, preferably alkaline soil
- Spacing
- 25 cm
- Height
- 30 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- No feeding needed
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 25 cm apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- JuneIn Flower
Pinks in flower — take a photo and smell them.
- JulyTrim After First Flush
Shear off faded flowers to encourage more.
- AugustTake Cuttings (Optional)
Pull off non-flowering shoots and root them in gritty compost to renew plants every few years.
