Since early May, I’ve been able to cut a small bouquet of sweet William about every two weeks. This is a plant I don’t grow very often because it does not like hot summers. Two of the Dash series ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) has extended bloom periods in late spring. Q • Last summer I ordered a preseeded ring of ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).