Cheddar pink 'Firewitch'

Dianthus gratianopolitanus

How to grow Cheddar pink 'Firewitch'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Enjoys a full sun position in your garden and remember to water moderately. Try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.6 and 7.8 as Firewitch likes to be in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Firewitch from seed

Try to ensure a gap of at least 11.7 inches (30.0 cm) when sowing to prevent overcrowding your seedlings.

Transplanting Firewitch

Place Dianthus in full sun locations or in light shade in extremely hot climates in well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil. Do not mulch with deep layers of organic matter. After flowering in late spring, the spent flowers should be cut back to promote rebloom.1

Harvesting Firewitch

Misspellings of Cheddar pink 'Firewitch'

Fire witch, Fire-witch

Other Names for Cheddar pink 'Firewitch'

Feuerhexe, cheddar pink

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