Pink Melody Dianthus February 8, 2013

For a winter garden, perennial dianthus is perfect.  It blooms all year, but what matters for the winter garden is that dianthus blooms all winter.  One problem with dianthus:  voles love it.  I had flowerbeds full of it, all varieties and colors.  But one by one they die - laying on their side with their roots completely chewed off.  The voles haven't found this flowerbed yet, a matter of time, I'm sure.  Cheerful, cheerful!  And the lonely, cold butterflies that are still around despite the cold weather are finding that these Melody Dianthus are the only flowers around.