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Dianthus superbus

Intermediate Fringed Pink · Large Pink · Fringed Pink

Family CaryophyllaceaeGenus Dianthus

Pale pink flowers whose petals are cut into fine feathery threads, on dark red stems among dry meadow grass.
FlowerBernd HaynoldCC BY-SA 2.5

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pink, lavenderWikipedia
Native range
Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus and elsewhereGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The fringed pink has sweetly scented flowers with deeply cut, fringed petals. In Japanese culture one form, yamato nadeshiko, stands for an idealized, traditional feminine beauty, and in Chinese herbal medicine, where it is called qúmài, it was used as a contraceptive and diuretic. Wikipedia: Dianthus superbus

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 31, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 5 days to germinate.

97% germination in 3–5 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Dianthus p. 38Public domain
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Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae). Twenty species were found to be D-70 germinators with only D. superbus alba germ. 70L(97% in 3-5 d) and 70D(71% in 5-9 d). The remaining seeds from the 70D treatment were shifted to 70 whereupon 20% germ. on the 4th d. jt is likely that the seeds require light for germination when fresh and that the light requirement dies off on DS.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Dianthus p. 38. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 27, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 9 days to germinate.

71% germination in 5–9 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Dianthus p. 38Public domain
Show the original text
Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae). Twenty species were found to be D-70 germinators with only D. superbus alba germ. 70L(97% in 3-5 d) and 70D(71% in 5-9 d). The remaining seeds from the 70D treatment were shifted to 70 whereupon 20% germ. on the 4th d. jt is likely that the seeds require light for germination when fresh and that the light requirement dies off on DS.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Dianthus p. 38. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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