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Œillet des fleuristes
Dianthus caryophyllus
Le classique œillet au parfum de clou de girofle, une vivace persistante de courte vie de la famille des œillets, cultivée depuis des siècles pour ses fleurs doubles frangées à la fragrance épicée et ses touffes nettes de feuillage étroit bleu-gris. Originaire de la région méditerranéenne, il prospère en plein soleil et dans un sol pauvre, à drainage net, de neutre à alcalin, avec une humidité constante mais jamais détrempée, et il est rustique dans les zones USDA 6a-9b. C'est l'œillet des fleuristes et le parent d'innombrables lignées de bordure et à floraison perpétuelle, apprécié autant pour la coupe que pour le jardin.
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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Les pétales de la fleur sont comestibles et légèrement parfumés au clou de girofle, utilisés historiquement comme garniture et arôme et célèbrement parmi les plantes autrefois macérées pour les liqueurs ; retire l'amer talon blanc à la base du pétale avant usage.
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
Future
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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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 41 ecoregions — 38 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today · 2 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Œillet des fleuristes (Dianthus caryophyllus). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/dianthus-caryophyllus
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