Two Carnation Flowers

Red Carnation Flower and  Pink Carnation Flower

Yellow Pink Carnation Flower Wallpaper

Carnation Flower

The single flowers of the Carnations species, Dianthus caryophyllus have 5 petals and vary from white to pink to purple in color. Border Carnation cultivars may have double flowers with as many as 40 petals. Carnations are bisexual flowers and bloom simply or in a branched or forked cluster. The stamens on Carnations can occur in one or two whorls, in equal number or twice the number of the petals.

The Carnation leaves are narrow and stalk less and their color varies from green to grey-blue or purple. Carnations grow big, full blooms on strong, straight stems

Large flowered Carnations

Types of Carnations

• Large flowered Carnations - one large flower per stem.
• Spray Carnations (Mini Carnations) - with lots of smaller flowers.
• Dwarf flowered Carnations - several small flowers on one stem.

Types of Carnation Flower

Types of Carnations

Carnation cultivars are mainly of three types:

• Large flowered Carnations - one large flower per stem.

 

• Spray Carnations (Mini Carnations) - with lots of smaller flowers.

 

• Dwarf flowered Carnations - several small flowers on one stem.