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Horticulture
Semi-double flowers of white with a central eye of velvet-maroon flowers which stand upright like pheasant's ears. Specimens of this are in the Dubois herbarium (1690 -1793) at the Botanical Library, Oxford.
Southview Nurseries catalogue p.15
Dianthus 'Pheasant's Eye'
Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAEGenus: Dianthus
Species:
Cultivar: 'Pheasant's Eye'
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Caryophyllum
Distribution summary: Garden origin
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Not currently grown
Flowering months: May, June, July
Reason for growing: Medicinal
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