DIANTHUS `PAINT THE TOWN RED`Category: Perennial Breeder: Proven Winners Hardiness Zone: 4 9 Height: 6 8 in Spread: 16 18 in This bright colored perennial produces single, deep magenta red flowers atop a low mound of glaucous blue foliage. Use it to edge sunny borders and pathways. Deer resistants Supports bees Attracts butterflies Fragrant flower Continuous bloom or rebloomer

Great in containers and in groups

The fall color is quite eye catching and morphes from the deep purple to a maroon and finally a rich reddish-bronze

Drought tolerance

Tolerant of dry shaded areas

The show starts in earliest spring

»  Large

» Profuse early May bloom

Great for herbal tea and oils

Brown nutlets ripen the fall and provide food for ruffed grouse

each arching stem is adorned with decorative berries which remain on slender branches through winter

Indigenous and care-free

That's why Let's Dance Big Band hydrangea has been added to the line: it combines bodaciously big mophead flowers with pure