#Carthusian pink

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[theodoreangelos]

Dianthus carthusianorum

[lockbuch]

Karthäusernelke * carthusian pink * dianthus carthusianorum

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The Carthusian Pink / Goździk kartuzek (Dianthus carthusianorum L.)

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 18 June 2020

The Dry Meadow at Cambridge Botanic Gardens was designed by James Hitchmough of University of Sheffield. It comprises of drought-tolerant species from steppes, prairies and grassy plains and includes temperate species which can withstand periods of summer drought. Many of the plants were established from a seed mix which was directly sown in-situ over a base layer of sand to provide a free-draining base for plant establishment. Creating pink highlights throughout the meadow at the moment is Dianthus carthusianorum (Carthusian pink, German pink).

Jill Raggett

[oessa]

Andalusian Centre for Contemporary Art, Spain 37.3984347,-6.0073092

[dopepoisonivyoncrack]

The train's engine broke down and now we are stuck in the middle of a field. It's a pretty nice view, there are wild flowers still covered by morning dew on a lush green bed. Instead of being mad, my mind goes back to xelfi daydreaming so here's a HC:

They did it at least once in a field. Xellos following Filia when she went to pick up some herbs and succubing to the urge to lay Filia down on a bed of wild flowers and make her sing, her song of pleasure competing with the one of a nerby blackbird. Her skin against the lush green, her eyes like skies mirroring in the lake, her lips velvet carthusian pink, her locks sprawled like golden streams... the most beautiful painting to have ever existed, to delight his eyes and only his, alive, ephemeral, only in these moments and only for him, never to be framed or exhibited in a museum, never to be known by the world... and he dives in, and tastes her vernal colors and vibrations.

[annawheelanposts]

My Top 10 Flowers!

10. Cornflower

Cornflowers are renowned for their startling bright blue colour and intense beauty.They symbolise wealth, prosperity and fortune. Cornflowers have German origins, and are also the national flower of Germany! Alongside this, they are also a sign of the armistice in France. I like them because their colour isn’t faded like a lot of the other flowers around my house - you can see them from miles away. (Fun Fact: These are always grown outside the Church for patriotism!) 

9. Dark Crimson Rose

A classic flower. Although so popular, a rose of a dark crimson colour comes from quite a dark background - it symbolises sadness, mourning and death. However, there is a bright side - it also symbolises rebirth and love, which is why I love it so much! It could be worn for any occasion, happy or sad, because it is both. (Fun Fact: This one always reminds me of @wendlabergmannposts !)

8. Carthusian Pink

Carthusian Pinks are one of the lesser-known flowers, but they are quite common where I live. They were even voted German Flower of the Year in 1989! You know it’s summer when you see these starting to blossom in the lavender fields. (Fun Fact: Carthusian Pinks have a wonderful scent!)

7. Cowslip

Cowslip has always been a favourite of mine - I just love their odd shape and fragility. In fact, it is widely believed that St. Peter heard a rumour that people were entering heaven through a secret entrance, rather than seeing him at the pearly gates, and he became so angry that he dropped his keys. The keys then fell to earth and instantly became a plant known as the ‘key-plant.’ It is believed that the key-plant is Cowslip. Cowslip, like the Dark Crimson Rose, has both a light and dark meaning - it symbolises death and doom, but also adventure, mischief and birth. (Fun Fact: Cowslip is said to be extremely precious to fairies, and is used to find their hidden treasures and gifts!)

6. Tulip

Tulips come in all shapes and sizes, which is one of the reasons I like them. With each different colour, there is a different meaning. For example, red tulips mean true love, purple tulips mean royalty and variegated tulips (tulips with more than one colour) actually represent beautiful eyes! Overall, tulips symbolise perfect love. Another reason I like them so much is due to their simplicity - they’re plain and beautiful and I love them for that. (Fun Fact: Despite their huge popularity and commonplace growth, I have only ever seen tulips while on holiday in Italy!)

5. Sunflower

Sunflowers are great for many reasons. For one, the aesthetic. They are tall and yellow and bright and smiley and happy and generally just very pleasant to look at. As well as that, they can be used for medicine, dye, food and oil, and they also produce really tasty seeds. @wendlabergmannposts and I once ate a whole bag of them during a sleepover while everyone else was stuffing themselves with popcorn. Sunflowers are also great because they symbolise adoration, longevity and loyalty. (Fun Fact: This is @marthabessellposts favourite flower!)

4. Sweet Pea

Who doesn’t like Sweet Peas? They’re delicate and pretty and they smell absolutely wonderful. Although I must say that I’m not such a fan of the brighter-coloured Sweet Peas, like the purple and pink ones. These bloom in summer, but they last for a surprisingly long time - much longer than other summer flowers. As for floral language, the Sweet Pea is associated with delicate pleasure, blissful pleasure, departure, goodbye, thank you for the lovely time and adieu. (Fun Fact: I once grew these in the school allotment with @ilseneumannposts when we were like 10 years old!)

3. Daisy

Another classic flower, although some people consider unwanted daisies to be weeds (how you wouldn’t want daisies I cannot understand). Although they do not particularly stand out among other flowers, I have too many memories related to these flowers to not include them in the list - making daisy chains, sitting in fields of daisies after school just talking, the sort of memories everyone deserves to have. Like the Sweet Pea, I am not much of a fan of pink and orange daisies - white is my favourite - but I do quite like the blue ones. (Fun Fact: This one is @thearilowposts favourite flower!)

2. Jasmine

Although dainty and petite, I like Jasmine less for its aesthetic pleasure and more for the scent and memories that comes with it. My Grandmother (may she rest in peace), Wilhelmina Wheelan, had a lot of land and she did not waste it. She planted flowers and bushes and shrubs everywhere, although her smallest garden (it was still very big) already came with Jasmine hedges bordering it. When we were very young my closest friends and I would play in her many gardens whenever we could. Jasmine’s sweet scent never fails to remind me of these wonderful afternoons we spent together. However, where I live it is rare to find Jasmine in any other place. (Fun Fact: My grandmother used to thread these through @thearilowposts, @marthabessellposts, @wendlabergmannposts, @ilseneumannposts and mine hair when we were younger!)

1. Orange Zinnia

There’s something so calming about Orange Zinnias, I can’t quite put my finger on it. I’ve always loved these from the moment I first saw one. My mother tells me that when I was younger I used to say that I’d name my child Zinnia!They symbolise thoughts of an absent friend, of the heart, lasting affection, daily remembrance and endurance, and in some tribes Zinnias were fed to young children as they were a symbol of wisdom. It was hoped that if their children ate these, they would grow to be intelligent and well-spoken. (Fun Fact: The first flower I ever planted!)

[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

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Pinsel mit Pinselstrich von Karthäusernelke * Brush and brushstroke with carthusian pink * dianthus carthusianorum

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[rjbailey]

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 11, 2017: Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) at the Buchberg near Neulengbach, Lower Austria Learn more.

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Wikipedia picture of the day on June 11, 2017: Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) at the Buchberg near Neulengbach, Lower Austria Learn more.

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Wikipedia picture of the day on June 11, 2017: Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) at the Buchberg near Neulengbach, Lower Austria Learn more.