Dianthus
I have recently cleared a house which has belonged to my family since they built it in the 1840s. I found a biscuit tin (with Churchill on, naturally!) full of old seeds; some certainly 1960s, others look earlier. I had success with a packet of parsley from the 1960s. There is a little jar, originally containing "The Tablets" from Boots the Chemist (date unknown!) but a sticking plaster label has been added with DIANTH LABURNUM written on. Inside there are a lot of tiny black seeds - I don't think they're laburnum seeds, happily!. I wondered if there was a variety of dianthus with that name, or perhaps they were just the variety of dianthus growing near the laburnum tree. I will try sowing a few but any thoughts and suggestions would be welcome!
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I should think the dianthus by the laburnum.
Probably a friend of one of mine. 'paeony outside loo'
In the sticks near Peterborough