101 Pink and Fuchsia Flowers With Names and Pictures

From shocking magenta to soft cotton candy, pink is a shade that evokes a certain sense of fun, femininity, and playfulness that is unique to this side of the color spectrum. The sheer variety of pink flowers is seemingly limitless, so coming up with a monochromatic flower bed plan is surprisingly tricky for us gardeners with plant-related decision-making paralysis.

The beauty of A Shropshire Lad English Rose earned it the 2012 Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society. Once you see the vast, blushed rosettes, you’ll understand why! The peachy-colored petals are delicate in appearance, but hardy in nature, growing back year after year to their full potential.

Plant in the fall for large blooms by June. You can expect flowers from late spring through the first frost.

Abilene Early Large-Flowered Clematis

Scientific Name: Clematis ‘Abilene’ (Early Large-Flowered Group)

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full to partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, alkaline or neutral, moist but well-drained

Delicately ruffled leaves and showy pink petals are a trademark of the Abilene Early Large-Flower Clematis. They reach around 4-feet in height, producing flowers throughout the late summer.

The blooms turn upwards towards the sun, showing off their charming yellow anthers as they climb. For repeat blooms, prune back the plant at the end of the growing season or in the early spring for summer and fall bloomers.

Anastasia Passion Flower

Scientific Name: Passiflora ‘Anastasia’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 8-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, Sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Anastasia Passion Flower is a unique climbing vine that looks elegant, whether hanging from a basket or adorning a trellis. They can grow up to 10-feet tall, ideal for high garden walls or patio lattices.

These are a feast for butterflies, attracted to the “inside-out” anthers and vivid pink coloring. The filaments around the base of the flower are a gorgeous crimson red with white tips, adding visual interest to the abundant lobed leaves.

Angelface Super Pink Summer Snapdragon

Scientific Name: Angelonia angustifolia hybrid ‘Angelface Super Pink’

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial
• Range: Zones 10-11
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Add vertical growth to your containers or borders with Angelface Super Pink Summer Snapdragon. This highly-fragranced variety has earned more than 70 awards thanks to its large, magenta flowers and stunningly verdant foliage.

In addition to their beauty, they are straightforward to care for. They are natural attractants for butterflies and hummingbirds but are resistant to deer. Summer snapdragons are also drought and heat-resistant.

Angel’s Fishing Rod

Scientific Name: Dierama pulcherrimum

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 7-10
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Also known as the Hair Bell or Wand Flower, the charmingly blush-colored bell-shaped flowers droop from filament stems. They are evergreen in zones with warmer winters and can spike up to 5-feet tall during the summer.

They make an elegant edging around fountains, as the grass-like stems droop over when the flowers are in bloom. Angel’s Fishing Rod is also a popular plant in coastal regions, as the slightest breeze will cause the plant to dance around, sending their unique scent drifting in the wind.

Annual Phlox

Scientific Name: Phlox drummondii

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

A favorite early-season feast for bees and butterflies, perennial Annual Phlox grows into a short but abundant mound of colorful multi-toned pink bulbs that burst into five-petaled stunners. Many gardeners take advantage of the phlox’s diminutive height to fill in loose soil around the base of larger shrubs.

Across the pond, these Texas wildflowers are a treasured addition to backyard gardens, where amateur botanists cultivate a full spectrum of colors, including pale pink and coral.

Apricot Lemonade Cosmos

Scientific Name: Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Apricot Lemonade’

• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, Chalk, Sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Thanks to their burst of bright pink at the inner edge of each pastel yellow or apricot orange petal, these tiny flowers look darling. In addition, they are effortless to grow for even the most novice plant enthusiasts, producing sprouts in as little as one week after planting and flowers in 2-3 months.

Cosmos grow best when started indoors in trays before getting transferred outside after the last frost. A cold snap is a death sentence, so if you choose to do direct planting, wait until the chill of late winter is long past.

Apricot Queen Sweet Pea

Scientific Name: Lathyrus odoratus ‘Apricot Queen’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

A natural countryside charmer, Apricot Queen Sweet Pea produces delicate flowers with ruffled edges that make for stunning bouquet arrangements. They are well-known for their intense perfume and tendency to have more flowers the more often you pick them.

Sweet pea plants need soil with plenty of circulation and prefer cooler weather, so plant in the fall or early spring. Doing this will produce stunning peachy flowers that dissolve into a softer cream color closer to the center.

Atlantic Pigeon Wings

Scientific Name: Clitoria mariana

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Sand, acidic or neutral pH, moist but well-drained

Atlantic Pigeon Wings have light pink, deeply cupped flowers that prefer a home close to the ground. They are often mistaken for the Spurred Butterfly Pea, which has flowers that face downward.

These groundcover vines bloom throughout the summer with a slight fragrance and do well in well-drained soil. They can climb short structures but are not prone to reaching heights above 4-feet.

Balcony Petunia

Scientific Name: Petunia hybrida nana compacta

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 1-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The annual Balcony Petunia can stay in bloom for a remarkably long time, from early May until mid-October. They are abundant, serving well as container plants or groundcover thanks to their cascade of vibrant flowers on a backdrop of layered leaves.

Because the sprouts are exceedingly delicate, plant indoors and grow for at least eight weeks before transferring outdoors after the danger of frost has passed. Of course, you can also keep them indoors for a gorgeous pop of color in your living space!

Baronesse Garden Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Baronesse’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sunlight
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

More closely resembling a handmade paper flower than an actual living plant, the Baronesse Garden Rose is a sight to behold! The rippling petals form a perfectly round rosette with a peek of bright yellow stamens at the center.

They are deep, rich pink, and can grow up to 4.5-inches in diameter. While they look stunning in a vase, don’t expect that classic rose scent or a long-lasting display. They are quick to wilt, typically only surviving a week once picked.

Beacon Rose Impatiens

Scientific Name: Impatiens walleriana ‘Beacon’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 10-11, grown as annuals elsewhere
• Watering Requirements: Water when top 1″ of soil is dry
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun, shade
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Beacon Rose Impatiens are a southern gardener’s pride and joy because they are resistant to the cool, rainy fall weather, known to spell the end of the growing season for many other flowering plants. They are also explicitly bred to resist Plasmopara destructor, or downy mildew, a plant disease that ravages most other varieties of impatiens.

Beacon Rose Impatiens do extraordinary in the shade, so feel free to plant in hanging containers on a covered patio and enjoy blooms from spring to early fall. They are also stunning as tree borders, thriving in the cool soil under the canopy of leaves.

Beardtongue

Scientific Name: Penstemon

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-7
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, chalk, all soil pH, well-drained

Typically found in the mountains and foothills of the western United States, Beardtongue grows tubular flowers that droop from stalks standing around 3-feet in height. The pink varieties can range from an electric fuchsia to a pale, nearly lavender pink.

When planting, be prepared to make friends with your area pollinators. These gorgeous flowers are heavy with nectar that butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees adore. Hummingbirds, in particular, are big fans of the long necks that accommodate their needle-like beaks.

Belladonna Lily

Scientific Name: Amaryllis belladonna

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 7-10
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

When left to their own devices, these lilies will come back year after year. Once their flowering season is over, leaves appear along the once-bare stem and stay verdant in the winter. When spring arrives, the plants go dormant until the weather warms again to a consistent 60-degrees.

Also known as the Naked Lady flower because of its leafless stem during flowering, this gorgeous flora bursts into life throughout the summer and stays in bloom long into fall.

Bloodstone Sea Thrift

Scientific Name: Armeria maritima ‘Bloodstone’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

With clusters of strawberry pink flowers bouncing on grass-like stems, Bloodstone Sea Thrift is a highly mobile flower variety that adds plenty of texture to your flower beds. Also, because these beauties typically thrive along coastlines, they are ideal for edging driveways that require salting in the winter.

If you require a carpeting flower, these are strong candidates. The flowers are highly concentrated tufts in full display from mid-spring to the end of summer.

Blue Shift Sweet Pea

Scientific Name: Lathyrus odoratus ‘Blue Shift’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

Blue Shift Sweet Pea is a feast for the eyes, creating a cavalcade of unusually colorful plants that seem to change their hues each time you look into your flower beds. Each plant has a range of shades, from a soft, sky blue to bold mauve, for plenty of variety.

Like all sweet pea plants, the Blue Shift desires warm summer days that taper into cooler evenings. Areas that regularly achieve a heat index greater than 80 degrees will see less prosperous blooms but can still enjoy the beauty from the last frost to late spring.

Breadseed Poppy

Scientific Name: Papaver somniferum

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Low-Average
• Sun Requirements: Full to partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Sand, Loam, Chalk, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Named for their seedpods, shaped like ancient Greek vases, the Breadseed Poppy looks like a watercolor painting come to life. Each creamy white petal has a wash of fuchsia that fades further into the flower.

These are an excellent, practical flower option for home bakers once the blooming season is over. You can harvest and dry the seedpods for a bounty of poppy seeds to top your bread, muffins, and cakes.

Bressingham Beauty Arendsii Hybrid

Scientific Name: Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bressingham Beauty’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: High
• Sun Requirements: Shade, full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam

Resembling pleasingly pink spires, the Bressingham Beauty is a cross between the Astilbe and the Arendsii that requires very little work to produce their fern-like foliage and plumes of minute flowers that form this perennial dream.

While their blush only lasts during the first half of summer, the caramelly-colored bulbs that appear after flowering are a beauty in their own right. They are also lovely when dried and pressed.

Brother Cadfael English Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Brother Cadfael’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sunlight
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Growing on shrubs in the tradition of roses, Brother Cadfael English Roses are large, round, and luxuriously scented. Even the leaves take on a touch of pink, creating handsome contrast against the darker green parts of the foliage. They resemble peonies in both size and shape. This type of rose is easy to grow and fairly low maintenance.

While they may look delicate, these perennials are very hardy and stay in flower from spring until the first frost of the year. You can expect the blooms to remain vivacious throughout the growing season, especially in particularly fertile soil.

Butterscotch Peruvian Lily

Scientific Name: Alstroemeria ‘Butterscotch’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 7-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Trumpet-shaped and long-necked, the Butterscotch Peruvian lily features peachy pink petals freckled in burgundy red. They are bright and vigorous, with sword-shaped leaves in a particularly vibrant shade of green.

Lilies are safe from critters like rabbits and deer but draw the attention of insect pollinators. Keep them away from high winds to maintain stem strength, and you can expect to carry healthy blooms from early summer into the fall.

Cabaret Pink Star Calibrachoa

Scientific Name: Calibrachoa hybrid ‘Balcabanista’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zone 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Buttery stripes run up the length of the petals on the Caberet Pink Star Calibachoa, creating a starburst effect along with the dark red center. Many compare the look of this flower to a petunia, but with an intriguing visual effect that will leave you breathless.

In addition to its beauty, this variety of calibrachoa is versatile. In zones 2-7, it grows annually from late spring through fall but is perennial in zones 8-11, where the winters are warmer.

Candy Mountain Foxglove

Scientific Name: Digitalis purpurea ‘Candy Mountain’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 4-7
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Candy Mountain Foxglove is truly a sight to behold! The massively tall perennial flowers are flush with large, up-turned bells of rosy pink blooms that open to reveal the deep, spotted throats. It is just this feature that draws hummingbirds to enjoy a refreshing sip of their nectar.

This variety of foxglove shoots up rapidly in the early summer, reaching up to 4-feet in height and 2-feet of spread. They are critter-resistant and do fabulously in containers, along fence lines, or as the focal point of your garden.

Candytufts

Scientific Name: Iberis sempervirens

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, alkaline or neutral pH, moist but well-drained

Truly resembling little tufts of rippling ribbon sweets, Candytufts will fill in near-ground open areas with abundant bloom. The configuration of the tiny flowers is unique in that they come together to resemble a single, more giant flower dotted in the lively yellow stamen.

While they may look like candy, they certainly don’t smell like it. Keep these plants far from any open windows, as the odor can be unpleasant. It’s easily masked by other flowers, though, so keep something fragrant on-hand for the Candytuft’s blooming season between early spring and mid-summer.

Carnaby Early Large-Flowered Clematis

Scientific Name: Clematis ‘Carnaby’

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full to partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, alkaline or neutral, moist but well-drained

Hailing from the buttercup family, Carnaby Early Large-Flowered Clematis are waved along the edges, enhancing their spectacular color show. The flower starts a delicate shade of pink at the center of each petal before bursting into an explosion of fuchsia, then fading out to white at the edge.

These charming climbers can produce a second set of flowers if pruned in the early summer after the first bloom dies off but may require 2-3 seasons of heavy cutback if allowed to flourish untouched.

Catchfly

Scientific Name: Silene gallica

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-8
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, alkaline or neutral pH, well-drained

Fill your garden space with Catchfly, and you’ll soon understand why it also goes by the name “None-So-Pretty!” Tiny flowers in the brilliant electric pink top the sticky, hair-covered stems for an eye-catching addition to a natural meadow or rustic flower bed.

While technically a perennial, it is often planted annually outside zones 5-8. It flowers in the mid-late summer but requires in-home cultivation for 8-10 weeks or fall planting for the most abundant blooms.

Cecile Brunner Climbing Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Cecile Brunner’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Powdery pink petals adorn the Cecile Brunner Climbing Rose, which the Royal Horticultural Society has recognized with an Award of Golden Merit. If you need a climber with spectacular blooms, this thornless rose is the flower for the job.

Train it to drape over trellises or garden arches, and you’ll be richly rewarded with bursts of powdery pink flowers from late spring to early summer. You can expect scores and scores of cut-worthy roses.

Cherry Blossom

Scientific Name: Prunus serrulata

• Plant Type: Perennial Tree, Shrub
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Fill your yard with one of the most spectacular sights on earth – dainty sakura blossoms cascading forth from the dark branches of the Japanese Flowering Cherry tree. These iconic showstoppers are well-depicted in art thanks to their bounty of pink flowers that seem to stay for only a moment each spring.

While getting your hands on a proper cherry blossom tree can be exceedingly tricky, several famous cultivators are available on the North American market.

Chinese Cobra Lily

Scientific Name: Arisaema candidissimum

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, acidic or neutral pH, moist but well-drained

Stripes of white and dark green naturally draw the eye upwards towards the bowl-shaped bell of the elegant Chinese Cobra Lily. Each flower is capped with a dapperly curved flourish of petals and features a tall, girthy stamen that peeks over the edge. These exotic lilies have earned an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.

While they may look like a challenging plant to manage, they do pretty well as perennials in fertile soil, so long as their underground tubers are kept hydrated after the growing season. They are a popular snack for slugs, so keep an eye out while they flower for a short time in spring and early summer.

Clary Sage

Scientific Name: Salvia sclarea

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial, Biennial
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

Grey-green leaves make a smoky backdrop for the papery pinkish-purple flowers of the Clary Sage, an herbaceous perennial that serves a purpose outside of its visual attractiveness. Harvest sage for culinary and beauty applications or simply enjoy the subtle color.

For the most prosperous blooms, leave your sage plants to thrive on their own in full sun. They will gladly take hold if allowed to self-seed. After its spring and summer growth has waned, prune away a few plants to dry if you’d like to try your hand at homemade soaps or spice up your repertoire of cooking goodies.

Concolor Lace Geranium

Scientific Name: Pelargonium ‘Concolor Lace’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 9-12
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Sand, loam, alkaline or neutral pH, well-drained

Cultivated explicitly for its pleasant scent, this variety of geranium produces delicate flowers and lacy leaves that smell like spiced hazelnuts when crushed. While the foliage makes up the vast majority of the mass, the brilliantly pink flowers are worth having an extra bit of green in your plot.

Concolor Lace Geranium displays its tiny flowers in late spring, summer, and early fall. During the summer heat, ensure that the soil remains well-watered to see blooms return the following year.

Coral Fountain Amaranthus

Scientific Name: Amaranthus caudatus

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Heavy with tassels, the Coral Fountain Amaranthus flower grows up to 18-inches long, positively dripping with a rich variety of orange-pink flowers clumped together around a central stem.

The drooping flowers bloom through the summer and fall, eventually dying out after the first frost. At that point, many amaranthus enthusiasts harvest the dried seeds for a protein-rich addition to their diet.

Coral Reef Celosia

Scientific Name: Celosia argentea var. cristata

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 10-12
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

A tremendous contributor to the textural interest of your flower beds, Coral Reef Celosia has lettuce-like petals that come to life as temperatures soar. Ripples of pink, coral, salmon, and berry blend together into towers of branching, velvety flowers that produce massive numbers of blooms.

This celosia variety will continue to grow in size over the entire duration of summer, so save your harvest until they’ve reached their peak size. They look gorgeous in vases and will last up to two weeks.

Coral Vine

Scientific Name: Antigonon leptopus

• Plant Type: Tender Perennial
• Range: Zones 8-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The Coral Vine produces dainty tendrils of climbing flower clusters dressed in cheerful shades of pink. Extraordinarily long-blooming in tropical climates, the substantial mass of flora and foliage is an attractive solution for covering old walls, draping arches, or decorating trellises.

Cupcakes Blush Cosmos

Scientific Name: Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Cupcakes Blush’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, Chalk, Sand

Extra-large and extra sweet, Cupcake Blush Cosmos are iconic with their fluted, tissue paper petals in baby pink. The romantic pink flowers get their name from the resemblance to cupcake wrappers. They can reach spans of 5-inches atop slender stems and feathery foliage.

Dame’s Rocket

Scientific Name: Hesperis matronalis

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, neutral soil, well-drained

Dame Rocket closely resembles phlox in both looks and their tendency to conquer any bit of earth where they are allowed to thrive. They are a member of the mustard family, along with cauliflower and cabbages, and the delightful pink flowers produce copious amounts of seeds during their three-month flowering season.

If you want to incorporate Dame Rocket without taking over your plots, cut the heads back before they drop seeds and burn the plants before they dry out. Otherwise, the pods may burst from the heat and spread.

Dark Eyes Fuchsia

Scientific Name: Fuchsia hybrida ‘Dark Eyes’

• Plant Type: Tender Perennial
• Range: Zones 8-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The flowers of Dark Eyes Fuchsia are incredibly vibrant in the dark violet and electric magenta. They drip gracefully from very spindly stems, tumbling in a cascade of alluring color below supple, bluish-green leaves. The stamen adds to the overall radiance of the plant, reaching out of the pistil with sweeping hot pink arms tipped in silvery white. These pink flowers are striking in hanging pots.

Dayglow Pink Foamy Bells

Scientific Name: Heucherella ‘Dayglow Pink’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, neutral pH, moist but well-drained

A spectacular firecracker display of color awaits the gardener who cultivates Dayglow Pink Foamy Bells. Erect stalks hold countless pink flowers so tiny that they appear more like a soft foam than individual blossoms.

The foliage is large and lush, mounding over itself and other foamy bell plants around it.

Divine Pink Impatiens

Scientific Name: Impatiens hawkeri ‘Divine Pink’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun, partial sun, shade
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Matte Millennial pink flowers show just a splash of magenta at the center, where two barely-there petals remain furled throughout the plant’s life cycle. The profoundly green leaves are nearly black in appearance, a perfect backdrop for these little beauties to shine in all of their simple splendor. Impatiens are easy to grow, and are quite a hardy plant that can adapt to many different environments.

Dragon’s Mouth

Scientific Name: Arethusa bulbosa

• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-7
• Watering Requirements: High
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, neutral or acidic soil pH, moist but well-drained

When you look at a Dragon’s Mouth head-on, you’ll see why it received its whimsical monitor. Each plant proudly boasts but one flower. It’s a graceful two-petaled beauty in white with darling flamingo pink freckles on the orchid’s flowers. Three sepals form the “snout” of the dragon, complete with flared nostrils.

Leave Dragon’s Mouth to its own devices and watch it spread across any space with the proper moisture requirements.

Easy Wave Rosy Dawn Petunia

Scientific Name: Petunia x hybrida ‘Easy Wave Rosy Dawn’

• Plant Type: Tender Perennial, Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Quench your garden in color with Easy Wave Rosy Dawn Petunia, a mounding perennial that easily and eagerly spills forth clusters of silky blossoms that hummingbirds favor. This is an excellent starter plant with a high yield for novice gardeners.

Elizabeth Clematis

Scientific Name: Clematis montana var. rubens ‘Elizabeth’

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full to partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, alkaline or neutral, moist but well-drained

Four pristine, satiny petals flank an up-reaching cluster of white and yellow stamen on the Elizabeth Clematis, a late-spring to early summer flower with a delicate, heady fragrance.

They begin as mauve buds, slowly lightening as they mature until they turn a lacy nude pink. Elizabeth Clematis are fervent climbers.

Elsie Heugh Checker Bloom

Scientific Name: Sidalcea ‘Elsie Heugh’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-7
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Darlings of the meadows and prairies, Elsie Heugh Checker Bloom has five paper-thin petals that curl around each other, forming a bowl around a group of peppered stamen. They look almost like floral seashells, with fluting running the length of the blossom.

They prefer lightly aerated soils and will return each year in abundance if planted in full sun.

Europa Japonica Hybrid

Scientific Name: Astilbe japonica ‘Europa’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The Europa Japonica Hybrid boasts tempting cotton candy spears of tufty flowers. They are stellar in moon gardens, as the incredibly delicate shade of these pink flowers seems to glow under the night sky.

In the winter, the soft flowers turn golden caramel brown, so skip the pruning until they are ready to sprout new growth in the late spring.

Farewell to Spring Godetia

Scientific Name: Clarkia amoena

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

This blossom goes by many names, including Summer’s Darling, Satin Flower, and Godetia. A fast-growing wildflower, Farewell to Spring brings an undeniable charm to your home garden with its papery petals in different configurations of white, pale pink, and fuchsia.

As the name implies, they arrive in full force at the start of summer, staying only for the season. With proper care, they can reseed themselves.

Fiesta Time Hollyhock

Scientific Name: Alcea rosea ‘Fiesta Time’

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial, Biennial, Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Fiesta Time Hollyhock is a party for the senses, putting forth fringed flowers that dip and curve along the edges for scrumptious vegetative texture. They grow all along the stem, starting at the bottom in mid-summer and finishing their growing season a mere two months later. Be cautious, as these will self-seed and take over in colonies if not thoughtfully pruned.

Hollyhock is quite versatile and can be used in a variety of different ways in your garden. Their stunning pink flowers come from many different varieties within the species.

Felicia Hybrid Musk Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Felicia’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Bursting with bounteous blooms and lush, dark-green leaves, Felicia Hybrid Musk Rose is a hardy spring through autumn climber that will fill your garden with the ethereal scent of English roses.

The weight of the decorative flora lends to the arched stems, creating a naturally architectural shrub ornamented in shiny green vegetation right in your backyard.

Fellowship New York Asters

Scientific Name: Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Fellowship New York Asters have a unique petal arrangement that jetties through the stamen, adding a pleasant pop of pink amidst the sunshine. Both the outer rings and center displays gently twist together, ensuring that the silhouettes of no two asters are ever quite the same.

After they finish their colorful show in the fall, cut back to ensure continued growth in the spring.

Fire and Ice Sweet Pea

Scientific Name: Lathyrus odoratus ‘Fire and Ice’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

Creamy white, electric purple, dusty blue, and vivid fuchsia run together like watercolors over the tender petals of this highly-fragranced flower.

Like all sweet pea varieties, the Fire and Ice will produce more blooms if you pick them often – and you’ll want to do just that! They make for spectacular cut flowers for months at a time, starting in late spring until they die away in the winter.

Firecracker Flower

Scientific Name: Crossandra infundibuliformis

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 10-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

With native roots in Sri Lanka and India, the Crossandra Firecracker flower is closely related to the hibiscus without the high-maintenance lifestyle. They do well both indoors and out, so long as you meet their needs for rich soil and 4-6 hours of sunlight per day.

The glossy evergreen leaves are pretty enough, but it gets even better once the lobe-shaped petals burst out from April to October.

Flamingo Feather Silver Cockscomb

Scientific Name: Celosia argentea ‘Flamingo Feather’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 10-11
• Watering Requirements: Low-Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Standing proudly erect amongst the dark green stems and lighter green leaves of its foliage, the Flamingo Feather Silver Cockcomb forms a tapering puff that starts silverly gray at the broader base and transitions into a soft pink towards the tip.

This unique flower makes for a charming vertical border along your fence line, where butterflies and songbirds will eagerly congregate for a meal from late spring until the first autumn frost.

Fond Memories Early Large-Flowered Clematis

Scientific Name: Clematis ‘Fond Memories’

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 6-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, alkaline or neutral, moist but well-drained

Spectacularly showy flowers are a gardener’s dream, featuring a pleasantly purple corona encircled with large, creamy lavender leaves. In addition, the pencil-thin line of rose around each petal is something to behold, lending a delicate touch to the massive flowers measuring more than 7-inches across.

Plant in containers or train them as climbers, and you’ll enjoy their efflorescence through the summer and fall.

Formosan Lady’s Slipper Orchid

Scientific Name: Cypripedium formosanum

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

For fans of all things miniature, these teensy, dappled slippers are fragile in appearance but are quite hardy for a member of the orchid family. The crinkly white flowers have ornate speckles in shades of hot pink, fuchsia, and yellow.

What’s genuinely alluring about the Formosan Lady’s Slipper Orchid, though, is its shape. Quite literally resembling a cozy slipper, they consist of a puffed-out pouch topped with three delicate petals. A fourth, much brighter pink petal tucks into the pocket, forming the “sole” of the shoe.

Hillcrest Suffusion Dahlia

Scientific Name: Dahlia ‘Hillcrest Suffusion’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 8-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loose, Rich, Loamy

Hillcrest Suffusion dahlias are classified as decorative dahlias and are loved by florists. They have warm coral-pink petals that are brushed with soft gold, making them incredibly beautiful. These flowers only grow to be about 3 inches in diameter, though still pack a pink punch with their double growth.

Native to Mexico, they grow best in the warmer climates of zones 8-11. Full sun is best for flowering, but during the summer, light shade is appreciated. Consistent moisture in the soil is necessary and it should not dry out, especially in the growing season.

Inca Ice Peruvian Lily

Scientific Name: Alstroemeria hybrid ‘Inca Ice’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The Inca Ice Peruvian Lily is draped in dreamily ethereal hues of pinkish apricot, mellow yellow, and sage green like soft, vintage lace. Standing out against the gentle wash of colors are the lily’s trademark freckles, appearing even more prominent in their striking burgundy.

The plant produces an exuberance of trumpet-shaped blooms from early-late summer, attracting keystone pollinators while evading the attention of deers. When the winter comes, mulch the beds to ensure new growth takes hold next year.

Infinity Pink Frost Impatiens

Scientific Name: Impatiens x hawkeri ‘Infinity Pink Frost’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun, shade
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The curious coloration on the petals is the main draw of the Infinity Pink Frost Impatiens. As the mounding perennial unfurls its blooms in the spring, you’ll notice each flower has a single fuchsia petal mixed in with the bubblegum pink floret.

A streak of the same color trails down the middle lobe of each petal, making Infinity Pink Frost a reliable perennial performer with intense visual interest.

Joey Mulla Mulla

Scientific Name: Ptilotus exaltatus ‘Joey’

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial, Annual
• Range: Zones 10-11
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The bottle-brush Joey Mulla Mulla is a charmer, with pleasantly feathery cones of flowers that cluster closely together. If you plant them as a perennial, you’ll see blossoms start in the winter and then die off in the fall. As an annual, the pink flowers bloom in the springtime.

King Size Apricot China Aster

Scientific Name: Callistephus chinensis

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Yet another example of the versatility of aster, the King Size Apricot China Aster has a globular flowerhead with slender, gently curved petals. Each flower is enrobed in various peachy pink, champagne, and cream hues to form a multifaceted bloom that would look stunning as a garden centerpiece.

Start your asters indoors at least six weeks before the last frost, or risk a more diminutive stem. They can take up to two months to reach maturity, so this ensures you have plenty of time to enjoy them before the flowering season ends.

Kirigami Rose and Pink Columbine

Scientific Name: Aquilegia caerulea ‘Kirigami Rose & Pink’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Kirigami Rose and Pink Columbine are an intriguing addition to the columbine family, given their flowers look somewhat like buttercups. The forward-facing blossom features a pale pink trumpet cup in the center of five larger magenta petals. The petals have a deeply pinched middle within the center cup with a stroke of coordinating magenta.

Kudos Ambrosia Hummingbird Mint

Scientific Name: Agastache ‘Kudos Ambrosia’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

Showcasing a mix of tropical colors, Kudos Ambrosia Hummingbird Mint is a sturdy and aromatic hyssop variety that draws a bounty of butterflies with its distinct, minty scent. The multicolored towers serve well as border plants or fenceline decor, so long as the soil in their planting space is well-drained.

Kudos Ambrosia Hummingbird Mint blooms continuously from early summer to mid-fall.

Lady of the Lake Ausherbert

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘The Lady of the Lake’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Like something out of a romantic fairytale, Lady of the Lake Ausherbert is a jewel in the crown of the rose family. The citrusy-scented buds are not particularly large, typically reaching around 2-inches across, but they are sublime in their presentation.

The pastel pink flowers are light enough to reflect the warm golden center, creating an ethereal glow at the heart of each bloom.

Lenten Rose

Scientific Name: Helleborus orientalis

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Lenten Rose is a misnomer for this old-fashioned hellebore, a member of the buttercup family with unusual, sage-colored flowers that cup inwards to reveal dusty pink undersides. The petals are actually hardy sepals that form blossoms up to three inches in diameter.

Supple leaves remain evergreen after the plant drops its flowers in late spring. Hellebore can adapt to many different environments, but they are a shade friendly perennial flower, meaning they will typically grow best with some cooler afternoon shade.

Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth

Scientific Name: Amaranthus caudatus

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial, Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, neutral or acidic soil pH, moist but well-drained

Blooming from July through the first frost, Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth displays fox tail-shaped tassels composed of minuscule, magenta flowers.

They are incredibly densely packed, resembling a coat of fuzz more so than individual blossoms. Because of their shape, you may have heard them referred to as “Dreadlock Amaranth.”

Matsumoto Aster

Scientific Name: Callistephus chinensis ‘Matsumoto’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Button-shaped and quite adorable, Matsumoto Aster is a variety of Chinese Aster with stark yellow centers that contrast sharply against their merry pink petals. They can grow up to 3-feet tall, but stem training can limit them to a more manageable height for textural needs.

The time from sowing to production is around 14 weeks, so plan to replant annually indoors eight weeks before the estimated last frost for summer blooms.

Mega Revolution Champagne Gerbera Daisy

Scientific Name: Gerbera jamesonii ‘Mega Revolution Champagne’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

For lovers of all things pretty and pink, no flower puts on a show quite like the Mega Revolution Champagne Gerbera Daisy. Truly spectacular in size, this massive early-flowering perennial spans a full half-foot across, with strapping 10-inch leaves that are nearly as lovely as the flower they accompany.

These graceful beauties are quite generous in blooms but require adequate soil drainage for best results. Therefore, check the soil frequently, and only water when it feels very nearly dry.

Mme. Caroline Testout Climbing Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Mme. Caroline Testout’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Despite being nearly a century and a half old, the Mme. Caroline Testout Climbing Rose contains to delight gardeners who admire the large, fragrant blooms and striking, tightly layered petal arrangement that opens up as they near the outermost rings.

What these roses lack in volume is more than makeup for individual blossom size and climbing capability. For that reason, they are superb for house coverage, trellis work, or garden walls.

Mollie Rilstone Sweet Pea

Scientific Name: Lathyrus odoratus ‘Mollie Rilstone’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 1-8
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types

The Mollie Rilstone has fleshy petals in the picotee tradition, an old-fashioned variety of sweet pea. The fanned ripples are an ombre of cream to true pink, and they are generous in fragrance. You can look forward to towering plants of up to 8-feet tall when grown in humusy, well-drained soil.

Moth Orchid

Scientific Name: Phalaenopsis blume

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 10-12
• Watering Requirements: Average with additional misting to maintain environmental humidity
• Sun Requirements: Indirect sunlight at all times
• Soil Requirements: Specialized orchid soil, moist but well-drained

A composed whorl of softly blushed petals characterizes the Moth Orchid, which is a popular houseplant despite its high-maintenance upkeep. This type of orchid is quite unique compared to others in the species. Each plant sets a single spike adorned with branchlets that can grow upwards of two dozen creamy white and pink flowers that remain opulent and pristine for weeks at a time.

Never place your moth orchid in direct sunlight, as the delicate leaves are prone to rapid scorching. Also, keep an eye out for rot since the Moth Orchid’s requirements for a high-humidity environment make it prone to diseases.

Noble Rock Orchid

Scientific Name: Dendrobium nobile

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 11-12
• Watering Requirements: Average with additional misting to maintain environmental humidity
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, acidic or neutral soil pH, well-drained

For a modern, fragrant orchid, home gardeners in warmer climates can’t go wrong with the color-infused Noble Rock variety. While the blooms only last a few weeks, they are worth every moment spent tending to the plant’s need for high humidity, bright light, and excellent ventilation.

With proper care, Noble Rock will double bloom in winter and spring, bringing a little brightness to the dreary days before the rest of your flora appear. The elegant and distinctive blossoms are awash in maroon, hot pink, and eggshell shades, complementing the flower’s unusual shape.

Pacific Anenome

Scientific Name: Anemone multifida

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Pacific Anenome stands like well-trained soldiers on thick, hairy stems, faces opening towards the sun. They look rather dapper in the mornings when dew clings to the tiny filaments creating a filmy, fuzzy effect up the entire length of the plant. The blossoms closely resemble poppies, with showy pistils and petals swiped in fuchsia.

Because they are wildflowers, these late-spring arrivals require little from their caretakers and thrive in prairie gardens.

Peaches-N-Dreams Hollyhock

Scientific Name: Alcea rosea ‘Peaches-N-Dreams’

• Plant Type: Short Lived Perennial, Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Awe-inspiring in its abundance and exquisite blooms, Peaches-N-Dreams Hollyhock is an unforgettable perennial you’ll be delighted to see each year. Oversized, ornamental puffs of creamy peach blossoms line each raceme, nestled together like old friends.

Their luscious beauty earned them the 1998 Flower of the Year Award, and they continue to be a popular and welcome addition to gardens more than two decades later.

Perfume Bright Rose Nicotiana

Scientific Name: Nicotiana alata ‘Perfume Bright Rose’

• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, clay, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Perfume Bright Rose Nicotiana, or flowering tobacco, brings aromatic rosy blossoms to your flower beds from early summer to mid-fall. The blooms are truly star-shaped, laying flat and upward-facing against profusely leafy bushes.

This is an excellent option if you need concentrated color to brighten up an overabundance of vegetation.

Pink Butterfly Chinese Delphinium

Scientific Name: Delphinium chinensis ‘Pink Butterfly’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, neutral or alkaline soil pH, moist but well-drained

Breezy and sophisticated Pink Butterfly Chinese Delphinium, more commonly known as the Rose Butterfly in the US or Herb of the Flying Sparrow in its native China, form sprays of tender, pastel blossoms resting prettily atop lacy leaves. Though they can function relatively well as perennials, they are more prosperous when replanted annually.

Each petal appears sun-kissed with a distinctive yellow-green spot towards the elegantly pointed tip.

Pink Charmer Grecian Windflower

Scientific Name: Anemone blanda ‘Pink Charmer’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Standing petite and graceful on dark purple stems, Pink Charmer Grecian Wind Flower is content to spend their days pirouetting along with the breeze. They are genuinely timeless daisies, with peppy, butter yellow pistils and slim, fanned petals that show just a hint of freckling on the underside.

Windflower takes to beds quickly, establishing high-output colonies of flowers that flourish in sun-lit, moist soil. They are particularly delightful as expansive carpeting, growing no more than 6-inches tall.

Pink Delight Butterfly Bush

Scientific Name: Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Introduce the whimsical, conical shape of the Pink Delight Butterfly Bush, a compact and fast-growing deciduous shrub with fragrant flora. The bush bursts into life each spring, quickly shooting out lance-shaped leaves peppered with arching branchlets of vibrant pink flowers.

These shrubs can reach up to 7-feet tall but die all the way down to the ground in colder winter climates. Like a harbinger of sunny days ahead, it wastes no time in regaining its robust fullness at the first sign of spring.

Pink Grapefruit Yarrow

Scientific Name: Achillea millefolium ‘Pink Grapefruit’

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Low
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Heat-loving, summer-blooming Pink Grapefruit Yarrow grows in compact tufts and clusters, creating a blanket of cheery blush blooms. The leaves are similar to ferns, clumping together to form mounds that require pruning in the early spring for optimal summer blooming.

Be careful not to overwater or overfertilize. Yarrow is drought-resistant and hardy, living in poor soil conditions for a decade.

Pink Paeony Poppy

Scientific Name: Papaver Paeoniflorum

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The Pink Paeony variety is unlike any poppy you’ve seen before, with perfectly formed globes of carnation-like petals and bluish-silver vegetation. Romantic and feminine, the crumpled flowerhead grows up to 5-inches across for a wave of soft color to dress up your garden plots or meadows.

You’ll have weeks of blooms once the buds open in the summer, followed by decorative seed pods that are popular textural elements in floral arrangements.

Pink Spike Baneberry

Scientific Name: Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spike’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-8
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun, shade
• Soil Requirements: Clay, loam, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Magical in appearance and a pleasure to grow, the wand-like flowers of the Pink Spike Baneberry produce rich, chocolate brown stems with opulently-scented, waxy buds. The blossoms are so densely packed that, from a distance, it can almost appear as if it was one long, gently arching flower.

When you get close up, though, you’ll see that the effect is thanks to fluffs of raspberry and light pink flowers snuggled in tightly together along each spike.

Pomponette English Daisy

Scientific Name: Bellis perennis ‘Pomponette’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 3-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Resembling little buttons in shades of pink and white, Pomponette English Daisy is adorably peppy once their poms open. The flower domes dance on short, spindly stems that stay low to the ground. For that reason, gardeners often implement them around taller perennials to add density and texture.

When choosing where to plant Pomponettes as ground cover, keep in mind that they can open from late spring to early summer. Settle them in with perennials of similar bloom timelines for best results.

Prairie Onion

Scientific Name: Allium stellatum

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 3-7
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Known for thriving in inhospitable conditions, drought-tolerant Prairie Onion springs forth with slender stems topped in a miniature pom-pom of minuscule, light pink flowers that further open to reveal long, yellow-tipped anthers.

Ideal for wildflower gardens or beautifying meadows, Prairie Onion makes a beautiful companion for filling large spaces. It also attracts valuable pollinators to your vegetable garden if you plant near cabbages, herbs, tomatoes, or lettuce.

Queen Red Lime Zinnia

Scientific Name: Zinnia elegans ‘Queen Red Lime’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Bold and charming, Queen Red Lime Zinnia is a bi-colored variety of this summer garden standby, producing masses of flowerheads that fade from dark red to baby pink to lime green near the center.

The appeal of these zinnias is undeniable, giving growers a rewarding bumper crop of cut flowers with very little time from seed to harvest. You can expect to see blooms around two months after planting, opening in the early summer and lasting until mid-fall.

Rockapulco Appleblossom Impatiens

Scientific Name: Impatiens walleriana ‘Rockapulco Appleblossom’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun, shade
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Lovable, appealing, and oh-so-pink, Rockapulco Appleblossom Impatiens are undeniably darling with rosy buds that open to reveal layers upon layers of exquisitely pale pink flowers.

Anyone with a large container and potting soil can plan to harvest these show-stealing yet absurdly easy-to-grow perennials.

Rosea Pink Japanese Wisteria

Scientific Name: Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Another wisteria variety you don’t want to miss is the Rosea Pink Japanese cultivator. This fragrant and fertile flowering climber will add exotic beauty if they are well-tended. Japanese Wisteria requires training to scale arbors, pergolas, and fences and have heavy-duty support for their bounteous blooms to stay upright.

Rose Bon Bon Cosmos

Scientific Name: Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Rose Bon Bon’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

More resembling a fluttering dress than a flower, Rose Bon Bon Cosmos are annuals that will charm their way into your garden year after year. The blossoms waft on long, slender stems with branching leaves that add textural interest as live plants and as a tender addition to cut bouquets.

These offer a lot of bang for their buck, producing pink flowers all summer and fall.

Rose Mallow

Scientific Name: Hibiscus moscheutos

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, alkaline or neutral pH, moist but well-drained

Bring the thrill of tropical hibiscus to your backyard garden with the Rose Mallow, a shrub variety that produces enormous, waxy blossoms in rich shades of burgundy and deep fuchsia. The sizeable petals lay flat to reveal a darker center eye and dramatically protruding yellow stamen.

The fleeting beauty of these summer showcase shrubbery flowers only last one day, but springs open new buds continuously into the fall.

Rosy Garlic

Scientific Name: Allium roseum

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

One wouldn’t expect garlic to put forth such dainty, lightly blushed flowers, but the multitasking culinary treasure does just that! In the spring, you’ll notice sprigs of barely-there pink flowers topping each stem in a cluster of surprisingly attractive star-shaped flora.

Ruby Parfait Celosia

Scientific Name: Celosia argentia spitaca

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 9-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Nose-ticklingly tall towers of gorgeous fuchsia blooms make for an ornamental arrangement that captivates the senses of all fortunate enough to behold the Ruby Parfait Celosia. Typically filling the role of filler flower in bouquets, the spirited, fluffy flowerheads are a novel addition to a home garden.

Sacred Lotus

Scientific Name: Nelumbo nucifera

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent)
• Range: Zones 4-11
• Watering Requirements: High
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, neutral, poorly drained

For water features, few pink flowers demonstrate the striking beauty of the Sacred Lotus. Producing dark, glossy green leaves that form upward-facing bowls and breathtakingly beautiful pink flowers, it’s an exotic showpiece that puts on its bounteous performance for only three days a year.

In the center of each blossom is a large lotus seed pod. These are prized in both ornamental and culinary applications. You can also replant when the water temperature reaches a consistent 77-degrees or higher.

Salmon Sunset Four O’Clock

Scientific Name: Mirabilis jalapa ‘Salmon Sunset’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 8-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

Only early-risers and evening planters are privy to the unfurled petals of the Salmon Sunset Four O’Clock. This morning flower closes itself up tightly once the chill of sunrise transitions into the heat of the afternoon. When open, the long-flowering annual dazzles in citrus shades, including grapefruit and clementine.

Sensitive Briar

Scientific Name: Mimosa microphylla

• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Range: Zones 4-9
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

While the Sensitive Briar looks quite like its cousin discussed below, this variety has a unique trait that earned this tiny flower its nickname of “Shame Vine.” If you touch the leaves resting below the bright pink filaments forming the ball-shaped flora, they curl inwards, moving away from the source of contact.

It’s a wonder to behold, made all the better by the easy maintenance of this perennial cutie that stays in bloom from April to July.

Showa-Beni Silky Wisteria

Scientific Name: Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Showa-Beni’

• Plant Type: Perennial Vine
• Range: Zones 5-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

If you are a fan of the classic purple variety of wisteria, you’ll be delighted with the award-winning baby pink and lavender Showa-Beni Silky cultivar. The flowers are twice as large as other wisteria and show just a smudge of yellow for a rather ostentatious exhibition of floral decadence in the spring and summer.

Sparkler Blush Spider Flower

Scientific Name: Cleome hassleriana ‘Sparkler Blush’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

This is a no-mess, no-fuss option for spectacular flowers that only appear complicated. The Sparkler Blush Spider Flower has arachnid-like stamen that sticks out jauntily amongst the flat, creamy pink petals.

In the fall, after the pink flowers have dried out, you’ll be delighted to see birds stopping by for a quick meal of seeds, further propagating these exotic beauties.

Summer Breeze Agastache

Scientific Name: Agastache ‘Summer Breeze’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

Summer Breeze Agastache– commonly known as Hummingbird Mint– forms thin reeds that dance in the wind sending their peach-colored blooms into motion. The flowers are nearly translucent, allowing the sun to shine through and enhancing the sunset shades of tangerine, soft pink, and lemony yellow that coat each petal.

They are best enjoyed in the warmer months, from June to September.

Sun Dancer White Pink Picotee Begonia

Scientific Name: Begonia grandis ‘Sun Dancer White Pink’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 6-9
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

It’s hard to beat the frilly and flashy Sun Dancer White Pink Picotee Begonia in beauty or bloom count. They produce abundant flowers, each adorned in an elegantly edged set of pure white petals apart from the narrow hem of pink. Their tendency to droop from the thin stems looks lovely in hanging containers.

Sunshine Mimosa

Scientific Name: Mimosa strigillosa

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Range: Zones 8-10
• Watering Requirements: Low-average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, sand, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Almost clover-like in appearance, Sunshine Mimosa flowers consist of long, pink stamen shooting out of a fuchsia center anchor. Each tip is brushed in a bright dot of pollen, drawing the attention of bees and butterflies. They prefer a life untended, gracefully bedazzling open meadows and sparse garden beds in cottage-style charm from early spring to late summer.

Supertunia Daybreak Charm Petunia

Scientific Name: Petunia ‘Supertunia Daybreak Charm’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Watermelon pink and cheerful yellow come together perfectly in the Supertunia Daybreak Charm Petunia. This little flower has everything a budding horticulturalist could dream of, from voluptuously trumpet-shaped blooms to a prolific harvest of container-filling vegetation. Wherever these petunias grow, hummingbirds are sure to assemble!

Sweet Memories Gerbera Daisy

Scientific Name: Gerbera jamesonii ‘Sweet Memories’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 7-10
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, sand, all soil pH, well-drained

Triple petal layers of the Sweet Memories Gerbera Daisy shift from flamingo pink to a much softer blush before joining together into a powder puff of buttery yellow anthers.

These are well worth the time spent cultivating them, as the plants can produce upwards of 100 pink flowers for most of the year, then leave behind plumes of emerald green leaves to brighten up the winter.

Toucan Rose Canna Lily

Scientific Name: Canna ‘Toucan Rose’

• Plant Type: Perennial (Zone Dependent), Annual
• Range: Zones 8-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Blue-green leaves and vibrant salmon petals characterize a Toucan Rose Canna Lily, a tropical flower that is the very definition of a lush tropical blossom. These exuberant perennials overflow in a spectacular display of glossy greenery and ornamental blooms in containers.

When kept safe from the cold, you can enjoy the Canna Lily from the last frost of spring until the first frost of fall.

Tower Chamois China Aster

Scientific Name: Callistephus chinensis ‘Tower Chamois’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full-partial sun
• Soil Requirements: Loam, chalk, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

The annual Towering Chamois China Aster brings a uniquely elegant shade of champagne with a light apricot center for a classic and sophisticated addition to your pink color scheme.

These pink flowers are popular with late summer and early fall weddings because of their generous size and dense petal arrangement.

Truffula Pink Globe Amaranth

Scientific Name: Gomphrena pulchella ‘Truffula Pink’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, well-drained

The Truffula Pink Globe Amaranth is the real-world counterpart to the fluff-topped Truffula Tree from Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Each plant is abundant with pom poms of neon pink explosions dotted with accents of juicy orange.

This flower is anything but picky and will mound over itself to form enormous bushes that are sure to keep your yard buzzing with pollinator activity.

Zahara Starlight Rose Zinnia

Scientific Name: Zinnia marylandica ‘Starlight Rose’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

It’s hard to describe the novelty and appeal of the Zahara Starlight Rose Zinnia. The large, double-layered petals have a swath of rose swiped up each one, abruptly transitioning into a bright white border that seems to float above the dense, dark leaves.

They are a 2010 All America Selection winner, with easy-to-grow, bountiful blossoms from summer into early fall.

Zinderella Lilac Zinnia

Scientific Name: Zinnia elegans ‘Zinderella Lilac’

• Plant Type: Annual
• Range: Zones 2-11
• Watering Requirements: Average
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil Requirements: All soil types, all soil pH, moist but well-drained

Gardeners in search of show-stopping pink flowers will be far from disappointed when they see their Zinderella Lilac in the mid-late summer. The densely-packed blossoms overflow with staggered petals in creamy pink and purple shades, topped with a rich pigmented red center.

It might be tempting to pack your garden with these bouquet-building standards, but keep zinnias well-spaced to ensure they have proper air circulation. It helps them avoid disease and create healthy flower heads.