Carnations - these plants, which originally come from mountain regions, impress with the richness of their colorful flowers. But it's not just in individual positions that they attract attention. In the right combination, true flower dreams can emerge
How do I combine bearded carnations with other plants?
To successfully combine bearded carnations, pay attention to factors such as flower color, flowering time, location and height of growth. Popular combination partners are geraniums, lady's mantle, gypsophila, dahlias, roses and snapdragons. Carnations are also ideal as elements in bouquets.
What factors should you consider when combining bearded cloves?
In order to exploit the visual repertoire of bearded carnations when combining, you should take the following factors into account when choosing partners:
- Flower color: white, green, pink, red, purple
- Flowering time: May to August
- Location requirements: sunny, permeable and nutrient-rich soil
- Growth height: up to 60 cm
Carnations are best combined with other summer bloomers, as they can bloom from May until late summer.
The monochrome bearded carnations can be combined with similarly colored flowering plants or create a contrast. However, it is better to combine two-tone bearded carnations with simpler colored flowers, otherwise it will look too busy.
When choosing combination partners, pay attention to the average growth height of the bearded cloves. Depending on the height, the neighboring plant should be placed either in front of, behind or next to it.
Combine carnations in the bed or in the balcony box
Bearded carnations go well with all kinds of summer bloomers in the perennial bed, but also in the balcony box. Group plantings of bearded carnations in combination with other individual, eye-catching plants are particularly advantageous. Depending on whether you like it colorful and wild or subtle and calm, you should use the colors. White carnations, for example, harmonize with red roses and geraniums or purple steppe sage and are attractively surrounded by gypsophila in the background.
Stunning with bearded carnations include:
- Dahlias
- Storksbill
- Steppe Sage
- Snapdragons
- Gypsophila
- Roses
- Geraniums
- woman's coat
Combine carnations with geraniums
Geraniums vaguely resemble bearded carnations. The combination creates a pleasant and peaceful overall picture. In addition, these two plants go well together because they prefer a sunny location on nutrient-rich soil. A striking contrast is created in the balcony box if you alternate white bearded carnations with red geraniums.
Combine cloves with lady's mantle
The lady's mantle provides a lush green background with its foliage. In the summer, when its flowers rise and peek out from between individual bearded cloves, the bearded carnations' flowers practically light up as they are colored red, pink or purple. Due to its adaptability, the lady's mantle is an ideal combination partner for the bearded carnation.
Combine bearded cloves with gypsophila
The gypsophila grows higher than the bearded carnations and should therefore find its place behind them. When both plants are in bloom, the flowers seem to form a bond: the delicate flowers of baby's breath literally float above the colorful flowers of bearded carnations. A fantastic combination!
Combine bearded carnations as a bouquet in the vase
Carnations provide summery freshness and lightness in bouquets. Due to their variety of colors and their playful shape, they go well with numerous other flowers. How about, for example, red bearded carnations dancing with yellow or creamy white roses? Lady's mantle herb and lady's mantle flowers also fit wonderfully into a bouquet - especially with two-tone bearded carnations. Delicate grasses breathe the whole thing with their dynamism.
- woman's coat
- Grasses such as diamond grass or feather bristle grass
- Carnations
- Asters
- larkspur
- Roses
