re: #288 Eric The Fruit Bat

Carnations are a staple of the floriculture industry, because they can be harvested just as the flowers open, and the cut flowers will finish opening (many plants won’t do this - you have to keep the flower on the plant to get it to open.)

Plus the cut flowers last well in the normal household environment.

And they smell. I am not particularly fond the odor, but I also don’t find it objectionable.

Plus they can reproduce like crazy.

The genus Dianthus lends itself well to cultivation, so if you have a garden I recommend them. Come in all sizes, an any shade of magenta (and white.)