Flower color

Pink flowers

499 garden plants with pink blooms, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs. Build a pink color scheme that lasts across the season.

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Pink is the default setting of ornamental gardening: 499 plants here flower some shade of it, more than any other color by a wide margin. That is exactly the difficulty. Pink is easy to end up with by accident, and it varies more than any other color on this list, so two pinks can clash far worse than pink and orange ever would. Coral and salmon carry yellow, magenta and cerise carry blue, and a bed holding both looks unresolved without anyone being able to say why. The fix is not to choose between them but to put something between them: gray foliage, or a mass of white. A pink border is built on exactly that.

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Abraham Darby

Rosa 'Auscot'

Full sunZones 5–104.9 ftModerate

Akebono Cherry

Prunus × yedoensis 'Akebono'

Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate

Alexandrina Magnolia

Magnolia × soulangeana 'Alexandrina'

Full sunZones 4–920 ftModerate

Alma Pötschke

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Pötschke'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Angelface Raspberry

Angelonia 'Angelface Raspberry'

Full sunZones 9–111.6 ftModerate

Angelique

Tulipa 'Angelique'

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Anna Marie

Hyacinthus 'Anna Marie'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Anthony Waterer

Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'

Full sunZones 4–83.3 ftModerate

Aphrodite

Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'

Full sunZones 5–98.2 ftModerate

Appalachian Red

Cercis canadensis 'Appalachian Red'

Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Apricot Delight

Achillea millefolium 'Apricot Delight'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

April Rose

Camellia japonica 'April Rose'

Part shadeZones 6–95.9 ftModerate

Arizona Rose

Thunbergia alata 'Arizona Rose'

Full sunZones 10–118.2 ftModerate

Astilbe

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Astolat

Delphinium 'Astolat'

Full sunZones 3–74.9 ftModerate

Autumn Damask Rose

Rosa damascena var. semperflorens

Full sunZones 4–94.9 ftModerate

Autumn Flowering Cherry

Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis'

Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate

Autumn Joy Sedum

Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'

Full sunZones 3–91.6 ftLow

Azalea

Rhododendron

Part shadeZones 5–93.9 ftModerate

Bandana Pink

Lantana 'Bandana Pink'

Full sunZones 9–111.6 ftLow

Bandana Rose

Lantana 'Bandana Rose'

Full sunZones 9–111.6 ftLow

Bath's Pink

Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Begonia

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Bergenia

Part sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Berry Awesome

Hibiscus 'Berry Awesome'

Full sunZones 5–93.9 ftHigh

Foliage

Berry Smoothie

Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Bicolor Geranium

Pelargonium 'Bicolor'

Full sun1.3 ftModerate1.3 ft wide

Big Rose

Begonia 'Big Rose Bronze Leaf'

Part shade2 ftModerate1.6 ft wide

Bleeding Heart

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.3 ftModerate

Blushing Bride

Hibiscus syriacus 'Blushing Bride'

Full sunZones 5–98.2 ftModerate

Bonica

Rosa 'Meidomonac'

Full sunZones 4–93.3 ftModerate

Boscobel

Rosa 'Auscousin'

Full sunZones 5–103.9 ftModerate

Bowl of Beauty

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–82.8 ftModerate

Bright Eyes

Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Brilliant Sedum

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–91.6 ftLow

Café au Lait

Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

Full sunZones 8–103.6 ftHigh

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)

Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'

Full sunZones 6–111.3 ftLow

Camellia

Camellia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–96.6 ftModerate

Camelot Rose

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'

Part shadeZones 4–83.9 ftModerate

Candy Stripe

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Carding Mill

Rosa 'Auswest'

Full sunZones 5–103.9 ftModerate

Carnation

Dianthus caryophyllus

Full sunZones 5–91.6 ftModerate

Foliage

Carolyn Whorton Caladium

Caladium 'Carolyn Whorton'

Part shadeZones 9–111.3 ftHigh

Catherine Woodbery

Hemerocallis 'Catherine Woodbery'

Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftModerate

Cécile Brünner

Rosa 'Cécile Brünner'

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Century Pink

Celosia plumosa 'Century Pink'

Full sun2 ftModerate12 in wide

Cerise Queen

Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Charmer

Anemone blanda 'Charmer'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Cherokee Brave

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherry Choco Latte

Hibiscus 'Cherry Choco Latte'

Full sunZones 5–93.9 ftHigh

Foliage

Chidori Kale

Brassica oleracea 'Chidori'

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Clara Curtis

Chrysanthemum 'Clara Curtis'

Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftModerate

Cleome

Cleome hassleriana

Full sunZones 10–113.9 ftModerate

Climbing Rose

Rosa

Full sunZones 5–99.8 ftModerate

Cockscomb Magenta

Celosia cristata 'Cockscomb Magenta'

Full sun1.6 ftModerate12 in wide

Comtesse de Bouchaud

Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'

Full sunZones 4–98.2 ftModerate

Confetti

Lantana camara 'Confetti'

Full sunZones 9–112 ftLow

Coral Flame

Phlox paniculata 'Coral Flame'

Full sunZones 4–81.6 ftModerate

Coral Fountain

Amaranthus caudatus 'Coral Fountain'

Full sunZones 9–113.3 ftModerate

Pink flowers by season

A plant is counted in every season it flowers in, so a long-flowering one appears in more than one. The named picks are the plants whose whole flowering sits in that season, not the ones that only pass through it.

Spring

March, April and May

274 plants

Azalea
Rhododendron · April to May
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata · April to May
Flowering Crabapple
Malus · April to May

Summer

June, July and August

386 plants

Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus · June to August
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea · June to August
Penstemon
June to August

Fall

September, October and November

271 plants

Cyclamen
September to November
Pink Mum
Chrysanthemum 'Pink' · September to November
Alma Pötschke
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Pötschke' · September to October

Winter

December, January and February

10 plants

Camellia
Camellia japonica · January to March
Pink Frost
Helleborus 'Pink Frost' · January to March
Ruby Giant
Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant' · February to March

Pink flowers for shade

106 of these 499 plants will flower in less than a full day of sun.

Part shade

71 plants

Begonia
May to October
Fuchsia
June to September
Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis · April to June

Part sun

30 plants

Turtlehead
Chelone · August to September
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis · April
Pink Bacopa
Chaenostoma cordatum · May to October

The longest-blooming pink flowers

145 of these plants hold their flowers for 5 months or more. These are the longest of them.

Stanwell Perpetual
Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual' · 8 months, April to November
California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)
Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King' · 7 months, March to September
Encore Autumn Rouge
Rhododendron 'Conlea' · 7 months, April to October
Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana · 6 months, May to October
Pentas
Pentas lanceolata · 6 months, May to October

Pink flowers by height

Mature height, in the three bands a border is planted in. Anything over 9.8 ft is structure rather than a border plant, and a climber is sized by whatever it is growing up, so both sit this out.

Front of the border

under 12 in

56 plants

Ice Plant
Delosperma · 4 in
Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum · 8 in
English Daisy
Bellis perennis · 6 in

Middle of the border

12 in to 3 ft

228 plants

Floribunda Rose
Rosa · 3 ft
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii · 12 in
Globe Amaranth
Gomphrena · 1.3 ft

Back of the border

3 ft and up

156 plants

Dames de Chenonceau Rose
Rosa 'Dames de Chenonceau' · 3.9 ft
Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus · 3.3 ft
Tropical Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis · 4.9 ft

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