The Chabaud Giant Mixed Colors Carnation is a half-hardy perennial flower prized for its long bloom season. These carnations have large flowers with a delightful spicy, clove-like fragrance which blooms in many shades of crimson, red, rose, pink, yellow, and white. For earlier blooms, start seeds indoors.

This popular bouquet flower prefers to be started indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last spring frost date. Sow seed in a good seed-starting medium at 70°F with even moisture, strong light and good ventilation. Once established, thin plants to 2" to 3" apart and grow on.

Carnations are the most fragrant flowers we grow here at Floret, and they bloom all summer long from an early sowing. Their long stems and extremely long vase life make them an ideal cut flower.

Carnations (Dianthus) produce small, dark seeds. Dianthus means "flower of the gods." Along with having a spicy odor and long-lasting blooms, these attractive plants will self-sow. Drying your garden carnations to collect their seeds allows you to start the seeds indoors or plant them in specific locations.. . . . .364011236038!]0000000000000009783314144701!]