The carnation has spent decades being underestimated. It shows up at the gas station in cellophane and everyone acts like that is the whole story. It is not the whole story. The Solar Carnation is the cultivar with the most ruffled, densely layered petals in the carnation family, which is the version that shows up with a reservation. In peach pink it is the warmest, most unguarded object in the France Collection. It arrived without the cellophane and has not looked back. 3.50 inches across. One screw. No water.