Dianthus a periennial. One of my favorite flowers.

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When I was young my mum had flowers in a raised bed on the side of the driveway next to the house and another smaller section in front. The flowers that I remember the most from back then are mum's, dianthus, and allysum ( I think that's the name), hers were always white. She may also had creeping phlox, but I'm not sure and she had several types of roses. When I was in my twenties I grew roses too but they don't interest me anymore. I enjoy dianthus also called Sweet William although those are technically annuals. I enjoy them the most because they don't need much work. I barely prune them I don't have to skip of the old growth not do any deadheading unless it's an especially hot summer and I've not watered them enough. I mostly have the one color although some plant are variegated and done have different type stems and flowers. I've had several colors of mum's before but they seem to have died or for crowded by weed grass. I have these in three places in my yard. The left it's under my red bud tree where I found a new bleeding heart plant this spring. One is on the side of my front porch, another is an area where I grow ground cover that doesn't spread very fast and I transplant that as an edger. I have a fourth location which I forgot to capture. Maybe I will get that one too and change this picture.