#Œillet des Chartreux

[theodoreangelos]

Dianthus carthusianorum

[kevinscottgardens]

25 avril au 1 mai 2022

Monday morning I drove Couli to Nova and had a wonderful surprise, David was there so we had a nice chat. Beth rang while I was there so I was able to have a nice chat with her as well.

The rest of the week I spent chopping down the grasses and weeding the new gravel area where I’m leaving just the Crithmum maritimum to self-seed as a little fun experiment.

Reseda lutea, Salvia candelabrum and Antirrhinum majus are really taking off and they are around 180cm tall. We had some rain over the weekend, and the plants are responding. I may still have to irrigate a few times before June if no more rain comes.  

I flew to Venice Wednesday afternoon to spend a few days with Mauro in Caorle. I enjoyed a few days just being lazy, eating and wandering around.

The Caorle Lagoon.

The Church of Blessed Virgin of the Angel is built on a little promontory on the sea.

Saturday morning I took the train to Milan. I met up with Dianne and Ken at the Park Hyatt near the Duomo. After having lunch, we ventured out for a walk. The Galleria was heaving with tourists, as was the rest of Milan. We enjoyed a wander and then took a coffee and pastries at a café.

In the evening we made our way to Hosteria della Musica for a nice dinner. We then headed back to the hotel. We met for breakfast at 07.00. Dianne and Ken headed to the airport at 08.00 for their flight to LA and I made my way to the train station for my 9.10 train back to Antibes.

I spent a bit of time in Vintimille then stopped in Eze-sur-Mer to have dinner with a friend before catching the last train back to Antibes.

Plant of the week

Caryophyllaceae Dianthus carthusianorum L.

common name(s) - Carthusian pink, clusterhead pink; français : œillet des chartreux; italiano : garofano dei certosini; Deutsch : Kartäuser-Nelke infraspecific(s) - Dianthus carthusianorum subsp. atrorubens (All.) Pers.; D. c. subsp. capillifrons (Borbás) Soó; D. c. subsp. carthusianorum; D. c. subsp. latifolius (Griseb. & Schenk) Hegi; D. c. subsp. polonicus (Zapal.) Kovanda; D. c. subsp. puberulus (Simonk.) Soó; D. c. subsp. sanguineus (Vis.) Hegi; D. c. subsp. sudeticus Kovanda; D. c. subsp. tenorei (Lacaita) Pignatti; D. c. subsp. tenuifolius (Schur) Hegi synonym(s) - Caryophyllus carthusianorum Moench; Dianthus carpathicus Wo.; D. carthusianorum f. atrisquamatus (Novák) Gajiæ; D. carthusianorum subsp. parviflorus (Kelak.) Dostál; D. carthusianorum subsp. saxigenus (Schur) Dostál; D. carthusianorum var. parviflorus Čelak.; D. carthusianorum var. saxigenus Schur; D. ceretanicus Sennen; D. chloaephyllus Schur; D. clavatus Spreng.; D. congestus Boreau; D. fasciculatus Gilib.; D. ferrugineus Pourr. ex Gren. & Godr.; D. gramineus Schur; D. montanus F.W.Schmidt; D. nanus Sweet; D. rupicolus Schur; D. sanguineus var. atrisquamatus Novák; D. semperflorens Voss; D. subneglectus Schur; D. velebiticus Borbás ex Degen; Silene carthusianorum (L.) E.H.L.Krause conservation rating - none native to - Europe location - Domaine de l’Orangerie leaves - lax to erect stems with linear, dark green, clustered and numerous leaves at the base, paired at the nodes on the flower stems flowers - small, single, dark pink flowers in spring fruit - capsule habit - variable evergreen perennial to 400mm tall and 200mm wide habitat - dry, grassy habitats at elevations of up to 2,500m pests - aphids, slugs disease - subject to a rust, a virus and wilt hardiness - to <-20ºC (H7) soil - light, sandy, moist and well-draining sun - full sun propagation - divide in autumn or late winter; softwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots in summer or by layering after flowering pruning - deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering nomenclature - Caryophyllaceae - clove-pink coloured, from Arabic karanful, for cloves or clove pinks; Dianthus - Zeus’ flower, a name used by Theophrastus; carthusianorum - to commemorate the monks of the Carthusian order, founded in the 11th century in the Chartreuse Valley in the French Alps (Carthusia)

References :

Gardener’s World [online] https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/dianthus-carthusianorum/ [7 May 22]

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [7 May 22]

Plants of the World [online] https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302053-2 [7 May 22]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/5704/dianthus-carthusianorum/details [7 May 22]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_carthusianorum [7 May 22]

World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000643249 [7 May 22]

[theodoreangelos]

Dianthus carthusianorum Carthusian pink – Steinnelke (Stoanagl) – Kart(h)äusernelke – Œillet des Chartreux – Гвоздика картузіанська – Гваздзік картузіянскі – Goździk kartuzek – Barátszegfű (kőszegfű) – Hvozdík kartouzek – Brödranejlika – Kartuizer anjer