# List of Award of Garden Merit dianthus

Below is a list of Dianthus species and cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This is an important group of more-or-less fragrant summer-flowering perennial garden plants, which can be divided into three main groups:-
* Carnations (D. caryophyllus)
* Pinks (D. plumarius)
* Sweet Williams (D. barbatus)
Carnations can be further divided into hardy border types, which grow outside, and perpetual flowering types which are usually grown under glass to provide cut flowers and buttonholes all year round.
The list does not currently include any sweet william cultivars.
| name | type | colour | fragrance | Height (cm) |
| Alfriston | border carnation | red (coral) | strong | 50 |
| Anders Kath Phillips | perpetual carnation | cream/purple | | 100 |
| Ann Franklin | perpetual carnation | yellow | | 90 |
| Becky Robinson | pink | pink (pale)/red | medium | 40 |
| Betty Morton | pink | pink (deep)/maroon | medium | 50 |
| Brian Tumbler | border carnation | yellow (pale) edged red | | 75 |
| Brilliant Star | pink | white/dark red | medium | 50 |
| Bryony Lisa | border carnation | white/dark red | | 50 |
| Carmine Letitia Wyatt | pink | pink (salmon) | slight | 30 |
| Chesswood Barbara Arif | border carnation | white edged purple | | 70 |
| Chesswood Lidgett | border carnation | white edged dark red | | 70 |
| Chesswood Margaret Alison | border carnation | rose/pink | strong | 100 |
| Chris Crew | border carnation | yellow/red | | 50 |
| Claret Joy | pink | pink (deep) | | 50 |
| Coronation Ruby | pink | pink/maroon | medium | 45 |
| Cranmere Pool | pink | white/maroon | slight | 35 |
| Dainty Dame | pink | white/maroon | strong | 25 |
| David Russell | border carnation | white/crimson | medium | 50 |
| David Saunders | border carnation | white/red | medium | 50 |
| Devon Dove | pink | white | medium | 45 |
| Devon Flavia | pink | pink (pale) | strong | 35 |
| Devon Wizard | pink | pink (deep) | strong | 25 |
| Diane | pink | pink (salmon) | medium | 30 |
| Dianthus alpinus | | pink (cerise) | | 10 |
| Dianthus deltoides | | pink (cerise) | | 20 |
| Dianthus gratianopolitanus | | pink (rose) | strong | 15 |
| Doris | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 40 |
| Eileen Neal | border carnation | red | strong | 50 |
| Eileen O'Connor | border carnation | orange | slight | 30 |
| Evening Star | pink | pink/maroon | medium | 10 |
| Flanders | border carnation | scarlet | | 50 |
| Golden Cross | border carnation | yellow (pale) | none | 50 |
| Gran's Favourite | pink | white/pink | medium | 50 |
| Grey Dove | border carnation | grey/pink | medium | 50 |
| Hannah Louise | border carnation | yellow/orange | none | 50 |
| Haytor Rock | pink | white/crimson | | 30 |
| Haytor White | pink | white | medium | 40 |
| Hazel Ruth | border carnation | white/red | | 50 |
| Houndspool Cheryl | pink | scarlet | none | 30 |
| Houndspool Ruby | pink | rose pink (deep) | medium | 50 |
| Incas | perpetual carnation | cream/red | medium | 100 |
| India Star | pink | pink/red | medium | 10 |
| Inshriach Dazzler | pink | pink/grey | medium | 10 |
| Irene Della-Torré | border carnation | white/pink | medium | 75 |
| Jean Knight | border carnation | white/purple | | 50 |
| Joan's Blood (Dianthus alpinus) | alpine | pink (deep) | | 10 |
| John Sandall | border carnation | white/red | | 60 |
| Joy | pink | pink | | 35 |
| Kathleen Hitchcock | border carnation | pink (coral) | slight | 50 |
| Kesteven Kirkstead | pink | white/maroon | medium | 30 |
| Kristina | perpetual | pink (pale) edged purple | slight | 100 |
| La Bourboule | pink | pink (rose) | medium | 10 |
| Lady Madonna='Wp04 Idare' | pink | white/purple | strong | 35 |
| Letitia Wyatt | pink | pink | medium | 25 |
| Lily the Pink='Wp05 Idare' | pink | pink (deep) | strong | 50 |
| Linfield Dorothy Perry | pink | white | slight | 30 |
| Linfield Kathy Booker | pink | white/maroon edged pink | strong | 50 |
| Maisie Neal | border carnation | pink (salmon) | | 50 |
| Mambo | perpetual carnation | yellow (pale) | | 150 |
| Maureen Lambert | perpetual carnation | red | strong | 100 |
| Michael Saunders | border Carnation | pink/purple | | 50 |
| Milky Way | perpetual | white | | 100 |
| Monica Wyatt | pink | pink (pale)/maroon | strong | 30 |
| Moulin Rouge | pink | pink/red | | 30 |
| Natalie Saunders | border carnation | white/purple | slight | 50 |
| Neon Star | pink | purple/pink | medium | 50 |
| Nichola Ann | border carnation | white | slight | 50 |
| Night Star | pink | maroon/pink | | 30 |
| Peter Wood | border carnation | pink/red | | 50 |
| Pike's Pink | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 15 |
| Pixie Star | pink | pink/red | | 20 |
| Prado Mint | perpetual | yellow/green | | 100 |
| Red Star | pink | pink (deep) | | 10 |
| Romance='Wp09 Wen04' | pink | salmon | strong | 35 |
| Rose Joy | pink | pink (cerise) | medium | 50 |
| Rose Monica Wyatt | pink | pink (rose) | strong | 60 |
| Sandra Neal | border carnation | yellow (apricot)/pink | | 50 |
| Slap 'n' Tickle='Wp05 Pp22' | pink | rose | medium | 21 |
| Spinfield Joy | border carnation | cream/purple | | 65 |
| Tamsin Fifield | border carnation | white/red | | 50 |
| Tickled Pink='Devon Pp11' | pink | pink (lavender) | strong | 30 |
| Uncle Teddy | border carnation | white/maroon | slight | 45 |
| Valda Wyatt | pink | pink (rose) | medium | 35 |
| Viana='Kovian' | perpetual | cream/dark red | | 100 |
| Whatfield Cancan | pink | pink | medium | 20 |
| Whatfield Magenta | pink | pink (magenta) | slight | 20 |
| White Joy | pink | white/pale pink | medium | 55 |
| Widecombe Fair | pink | pink (pale) | medium | 50 |