Sweet William #1 by goodoleboy

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jan 05, 2013

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Description

Captured back on 8/9/07, either somewhere around the neighborhood or at Home Depot. Haven't seen the species around since then, sorry to say. Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) is a species of Dianthus native to southern Europe and parts of Asia which has become a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 30–75 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of the stems. Each flower is 2–3 cm diameter with five petals displaying serrated edges. Wild plants produce red flowers with a white base, but colours in cultivars range from white, pink, red, and purple or with variegated patterns. The exact origin of its English common name is unknown, but first appears in 1596 in botanist John Gerard's garden catalog. The flowers are edible and may have medicinal properties. Sweet William attracts bees, birds, and butterflies. Source: Wikipedia free encylopedia. Cheerybye, and have a nice day.

Comments (11)

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magnus073

5:32PM | Sat, 05 January 2013

Wonderful photo of this very lovely flower Harry, nicely done

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MrsRatbag

6:59PM | Sat, 05 January 2013

Lovely closeup of this little beauty, Harry; I see them often around here in the spring and summer, but I've only ever seen them planted as garden colour, not ever growing in the wild. I suppose at some point they must have been, wouldn't you think? At any rate, nicely done here, my friend!

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morningglory

7:04PM | Sat, 05 January 2013

Lovely shot of this dainty beauty.

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mgtcs

10:13PM | Sat, 05 January 2013

Extremely adorable flowers here, beautiful picture, excellent photo!

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zmarek

1:48AM | Sun, 06 January 2013

Beautiful flowers and photo.

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durleybeachbum

4:29AM | Sun, 06 January 2013

I love the smell of these. Good pic.

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GrandmaT

7:30AM | Sun, 06 January 2013

Beautiful! Thanks for the "it's not going to be winter forever" reminder.

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debbielove

9:43AM | Sun, 06 January 2013

Brilliantly lit picture of a beautiful, delicate flower.. We get these here in the UK as well so I know them well... Fine shot, well done.. Rob PS: I got and saw the Video link, thanks for sending it to me :-) Rob

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