"Can I touch it?"
This is THE Dianthus barbatus question. Looking at the photos, I'm sure you can see why. Dianthus barbatus (aka Green Ball or Green Trick) looks like a self-contained diorama of a mossy forest (and yes, it is as soft as it looks).
The history of Dianthus dates back to over 2000 years, making it one of the oldest cultivated flower varieties. Greeks and Romans revered the plant, using its flowers for art, decor, and to build their iconic garlands. Two millennia later, Dianthus is still highly desirable. Just four years ago, two new varieties of Dianthus barbatus–better known as Green Ball and Green Trick–have been made available to the flower market.
These two new varieties provide bouquets with a never-seen-before texture and aspect. They are round, focal, and green, made up of soft filaments sitting atop a strong carnation-like stem. The difference between the two is simply size–Green ball has a diameter of 6cm or larger, while Green Trick is categorized as smaller than 6cm.
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