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Sweet William 'Festival Mixed'

Dianthus barbatus

Hardy Perennial

FROM £20.99

90% (10 Reviews)

Elegant scent and colouring. Perfect addition to your winter garden

Take the hard work out of gardening this autumn/winter with our garden ready plugs

Very easy to maintain, and thrive in full sun

Check out our other varieties in our Winter Garden Ready offer

Don't forget to check out all of our Winter Pre-planted Hanging Baskets and Pots

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1 x 35cm (14in) pre-planted pot

£25.99

1 x 35cm (14in) pre-planted basket with chain

£20.99

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Sweet William 'Festival Mixed' have a lovely scent, and provide garden colour in late autumn and right through to spring, when many other flowering plants are past their best. The petals are bi-coloured, in a mix of shades of white, pink, purple, and red and have serated edges. Sweet Williams are very easy to maintain, and thrive in full sun. Suitable for window boxes, garden borders and planters. Height and spread: 25cm (10").

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 25cm (10in)
Spread Up to 25cm (10in)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Perennial

Ideal For cottage gardens

Position In full sun

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Flowering Months

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1 x 35cm (14in) pre-planted pot (KB1607)
1 x 35cm (14in) pre-planted basket with chain (KB2175)

When all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise Sweet William plants 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 Sweet William plants regularly until they 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.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

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. Sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this, so regretfully we are unable to ship live 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