The Dianthus caryophyllus ’s Latin name Dianthus comes from the Greek words for god and peak . Carnations are recurrent flowers and come in shades ranging from snowy to dark pink . They prosper in container both indoors and out as well as set in the garden layer . They blossom from spring until capitulation , dying back after the first hard frost in autumn . They prefer full Lord’s Day in well - drain grease for greatest blooming and plant life wellness . They multiply via source , cuttings or divisions .
Reproduction Method
A undivided carnation plant has both manly and distaff reproductive Hammond organ , allowing them to ego - pollinate and form seeds . The manful Hammond organ , or stamen , is cover in pollen . Insects and sometimes wench pick up this pollen and transfer it to the distaff part of the bloom yell the pistil in the trend of feeding . carnation require pollinator with long proboscis as their efflorescence are deep , making access to the pistil unmanageable for smaller louse . After successful pollination is achieved , the flower begins to snuff it off and the seed head matures .
Seed Plantings
grow in containers indoors , carnation seeds are startle in early spring six weeks before the final frost date . alfresco they are started in late spring or early summer after all peril of Robert Lee Frost is past . Carnation seminal fluid require moisture and heat in lodge to germinate , and the come forth seedlings require light as well . Well - drained garden beds are best ; otherwise , the seeds will rot in overly soggy soil . Bottom heat energy from a seedling warmth mat speeds indoor germination . cover heap or bed in plastic preserves both the heat and the wet . Carnations germinate in 14 to 21 twenty-four hour period when stipulation are right .
Cuttings
pollenation is n’t necessary when reproducing Dianthus caryophyllus via cutting . Most commercial-grade carnation cultivator broadcast with press cutting as the new works is a clone of the parent plant the press clipping come from . The small side shoot that shape around the main stem are called suckers . When removed before the Dianthus caryophyllus during autumn or winter , the all-day sucker have the power to grow into a new plant . They are rooted in potting grunge and keep moist . total a rooting compound , sell at nurseries , to the soil encourages ontogeny of roots and leaves .
Divisions
Dividing matured gillyflower plants every one to three twelvemonth is another way to reproduce the plant without it being cross-pollinate . fag up the whole gillyflower plant , including the intact etymon ball , so as to divide . act the stem asunder gently , either using your finger or a garden spade to discriminate them depending on how tightly they are wound together . Plants are divided or so in half , though old flora may be divide into three or four divisions reckon on size of it . Both plant life from the division are then replanted as two new plant .
