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Pollinators also favor bee balm, milkweed, dianthus, coneflower, and stock flowers.—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2024 Examples of plants that can be located in full sun now but in the half-day sun later would include petunia, dianthus, lobelia, and columbine (Aquiegia spp.)
2.—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024 Dancing pink dianthus are interspersed with acid-green artemisia; drifts of plump red roses punctuate a froth of Queen Anne’s Lace.—April Long, Town & Country, 22 June 2023 Borage, nasturtium, violas, dahlias, geraniums, marigolds, dianthus, and calendulas are some of the ones that Prinzing suggests trying in your own meals and drinks.—Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for dianthus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, genus name, from Greek dios heavenly + anthos flower — more at deity, anthology
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