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Sweet William 'Blackjack'

Dianthus barbatus

Hardy Biennial

FROM £6.99

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A modern twist on a cottage garden classic - Sweet William 'Blackjack' has inky black flowers coupled with a classic sweet fragrance. Try planting this beauty with contrasting pink, yellow or white flowers for a really eye-catching display in your beds, borders and patio pots. The long-lasting flowers atop sturdy stems make this a popular cut flower too. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 25cm (10"). Supplied as plug tray plants.

Culinary information: Use the clove like tasting petals for adding to cakes, either for flavour or decorating, suitable for soups, salads and sauces too. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Plant Size Height Up to 45cm (18in)
Spread Up to 25cm (10in)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Biennial

Ideal For cut flower gardenpatioscented gardenscottage gardens

Position In full sun

Flowering Months

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Codes
48 Plug Plants (V17452)
24 Plug Plants (V17451)
72 Plug Plants (V17453)

Pot up Sweet William plug plants into 9cm pots and grow them on in warm frost free conditions for transplanting into borders and containers later on. When all risk of frost has passed, and plugs are fully rooted into their pots, acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days. Plant Sweet Williams in beds and borders in any well drained soil in full sun.

Feed and water regularly until plants are fully established. Deadhead faded Sweet William flowers to encourage more blooms to be produced throughout the summer.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

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Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.