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Clavel

Dianthus caryophyllus
El clásico clavel con aroma a clavo de olor, una perenne de hoja perenne y vida corta de la familia de los claveles, cultivada durante siglos por sus flores dobles fruncidas de fragancia especiada y sus pulcros montículos de follaje estrecho azul-gris. Nativo de la región mediterránea, prospera a pleno sol y en suelos pobres, de drenaje nítido, de neutros a alcalinos, con humedad constante pero nunca encharcada, y es resistente en las zonas USDA 6a-9b. Es el clavel de los floristas y el progenitor de innumerables variedades de borde y de floración perpetua, apreciado tanto para corte como para el jardín.
Review: Source-backed
Climate fit: narrow (38/100)
Border
Container
Pollinator
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
12-48" tall · 15" apart
Hardy in zones
6a-9b
cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No

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Los pétalos de la flor son comestibles y tienen un ligero aroma a clavo de olor, usados históricamente como guarnición y saborizante y célebremente entre los botánicos que antaño se maceraban para licores; recorta la amarga base blanca del pétalo antes de usarlos.

Cold hardiness

Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

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Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Clavel (Dianthus caryophyllus). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/dianthus-caryophyllus
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NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
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