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Sweet William 'Gem'

Sweetly Scented, Packed With Blooms And Ready To Keep Your Garden Colourful For Months!
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Key Features

  • Keep the garden flowering when many other plants are starting to wind down
  • Sweetly scented blooms add fragrance as well as standout seasonal colour
  • Tough through autumn rain and colder spells, then quick to bounce back
  • Compact and naturally tidy, perfect for pots, border edges and seasonal displays
  • Free flowering and easy to grow, delivering fresh blooms from autumn into spring
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Description

Fill your autumn and winter displays with jewel-like colour and that unmistakable Sweet William fragrance.

'Gem' produces masses of richly coloured flowers in red, pink, purple and white, held closely above fresh green foliage. Plant several together and they form a fabulous carpet of colour, while their sweet scent adds another reason to stop and enjoy the display.

There is much more to 'Gem' than good looks too. This compact Dianthus has been selected for strong cool-season performance, coping well with autumn rain and chilly weather before bouncing back with fresh flowers after less favourable spells.

Its naturally neat habit makes it ideal for the front of borders, where taller plants might dominate, and it is equally at home in patio pots and seasonal containers.

Easy to grow, fragrant and impressively resilient, 'Gem' is a simple way to keep the garden looking bright and lively while many other plants are winding down.

Plant now and enjoy months of cheerful colour, with fresh blooms continuing through the cooler seasons and into spring.

Top Tips
Deadhead any faded flowers for extra growth.
Care Information

Planting Garden Ready Plants:

  • Give your plants a little attention on arrival - unpack them immediately, and either mist them or stand them in water for an hour - they may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.
  • If you can’t do this, they can sit in Mini Greenhouses for a week if upright and not too wet.
  • We recommend that you leave them to settle for a day somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
  • Dianthus prefer light, well drained soil and full fun.
  • When planting directly into flower beds, prepare the ground well, removing weeds and digging in some compost or well-rotted manure if your soil is not already rich.
  • Plant about 30 cm apart to allow them room to grow. Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.
Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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Size Guide
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Pro Plug
Small Plugs

Size:
Height 4-6cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Pro+ Plug
Medium Plugs

Size:
Height 5-7cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 8-12cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Jumbo Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 10-20cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Garden Ready
Garden Ready

Size:
Height 14-20cm

Ease:
Easiest

Grow On?:
Not Necessary