- Common Name: Carnation, Pinks, Sweet William, China Pinks, Maiden Pinks
- Botanical Name: Dianthus spp.
- Family Name: Pinks’ family
- Type: perennial
- Zone Hardiness: 3–9
- Height: 6–24in
- Width: 12–24in
- Blooms: Fragrant, five-petaled flowers in shades of pink, red, white, and purple; often with fringed or “pinked” edges
- Bloom Time: May until August
- Sun: Full sun to partial shade
- Leaves: Opposite, linear to lance-shaped leaves; blue-green to gray-green
- Maintenance: Low for beginners; deadhead spent blooms
- Tolerates: Deer resistant; likes dry soil, does not tolerate wet conditions
- Attracts: Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
- Texas Superstar: No
- Texas Native: No
- Invasive: No