Dianthus caryophyllus
spray carnation
Yellow flecked and rimmed with red, and no two blooms marked the same way. It is the least tidy flower here, which is the reason to send it — for someone who is exactly themselves and has never sanded it down.
Native toBred from wild pinks of Greece and the Balkans
In seasonYear-round
Vase life7 – 14 days
Pairs withCraspedia · Strawflower · Eucalyptus
Elsewhere
Striped carnations meant refusal in Victorian floriography, a reading that made sense when bouquets were used to answer proposals and makes none now.