Talk:Dianthus caryophyllus

Edibility
Some mention of the flower's edibility would be a nice addition. --YoDeeKu (talk) 14:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Not sure about the Oxford thing being such a recent tradition and the citation for that is not reliable- there's photographic evidence of it taking place in the 70s. 163.1.176.253 (talk) 15:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Because vegetation edible in the 70s is clearly not anymore. 80.235.46.66 (talk) 23:30, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde did famously wear the green carnation -which has been used for other indications of what we now might call 'gay culture' (e.g. Noel Coward song) but I believe it comes from a practice of groups of aesthetes in Paris. Wilde took the idea and used it to cause minor scandal for the opening night of Lady Windermere's fan, after which it was more closely linked with Uranianism (Homosexuality). Haven't the citations available too hand- some should be in McKenna if anyone has chance to check- maybe in a Robbie Ross biography too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.201.208 (talk) 20:43, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

British or American English?
This article was just converted from British to American English. I'm not sure how to apply WP:RETAIN in this case. The article started as a stub written in British English (using the spelling "colour"). The first post stub edit introduced the American spelling "color" while retaining instances of British "colour". I'm not seeing any point in the history of the article where all instances of colo(u)r have been spelled consistently. My reading of WP:RETAIN suggests that American English should be used as it was used in the first post stub edit, but the article has a long history of using predominantly British spellings. Plantdrew (talk) 16:45, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I know it's old, but I'll throw in my two bits. I'm personally of the opinion that consistency is more important than the particular brand of English being used. You may feel free to apply the spelling you prefer as long as it is used consistently throughout the article.---Puff (talk) 05:17, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

White and red variety
A common variety has white flowers flecked with red. As a child I used to call it the "peppermint" carnation. If memory serves, my florist grandfather said it was called the Martha Washington carnation. I'm surprised not to see it mentioned here. Kostaki mou (talk) 22:45, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

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