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Designing with Colour - Pretty in Pink

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Camellias, pink for winter and spring

Camellias, pink for winter and spring
Trees and Shrubs
  • Albizzia julbrissin* (silk tree)
  • Azalea
  • Camellia various
  • Cassia javanicat (Apple Blossom tree)
  • Cistus* various (Sun rose)
  • Cornus florida 'Apple Blossom'
  • Crataegus laevigata* (syn C. oxyacantha) (May tree)
  • Cercis canadensis (redbud) (*summer and autumn)
  • Daphne various
  • Deutzia x elegantissima and others
  • Erica various (heathers)
  • Fuschiat various
  • Hebe 'Wiri Joy' and others
  • Hibiscust various
  • Hydrangea various


Rosa 'Complicata'

Rosa 'Complicata'
  • Lagerstroemia indica 'Heliotrope Beauty'* t (Crape Mrytle
  • Lavatera thuringiaca 'Barnsley'*
  • Lavendula x intermedia 'Provence'
  • Leptospermum scoparium various (Manuka)
  • Magnolia soulangeana and cultivars, M campbelli and cultivars, M. 'Leonard Messel' and others
  • Malus 'John Downie' and other flowering crabapples
  • Nerium oleander various (Oleander) (poisonous to stock)
  • Paeonia suffruticosa cultivars (tree peonies)
  • Prunus 'Accolade', P yedoensis and others (Flowering cherry)
  • Rhododendron
  • Roses 'Fantin Latour', 'Maiden's Blush', 'Belle armour', 'Sexy Rexy', harsh 'Pink Flower Carpet'
  • Rosa rugosa 'Frau Dagmar Hartop'* and others
  • Sorbus hupehensis (Hupeh Rowan) (pink berries)
  • Spirea
  • Syringa (Lilac)
  • Viburnum
  • Vireya Rhododendront
  • Weigela florida


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Winter pink from 'Viburnum farreri'
Winter pink from 'Viburnum farreri'



Classic summer border with pink paeonies and delphiniums

Classic summer border with pink paeonies and delphiniums


Climbing Plants
* - tolerates dry conditions
t - frost tender
  • Bouganvillia* t
  • Clematis
  • Lonicera (honeysuckle) (Not L. japonica or cultivars = pest)
  • Mandevilla sanderi roseat
  • Port St John Creeper*
  • Rosa 'Albertine', 'New Dawn' and other Climbers
  • Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'
Mandevilla sanderi rosea - wonderful in warm climates

Mandevilla sanderi rosea - wonderful in warm climates


Annuals
  • Begonia semperflorens 'Pink Avalanche't
  • Centurea cyanus pink forms (Cornflower)
  • Cleome spinosa (syn C. hassleriana)
  • Cosmos
  • Dianthus* (carnations, pinks etc)
  • Impatienst (Bizzy Lizzies) (shade)
  • Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet peas)
  • Mattiola (Stock)
  • Nemesia
  • Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll Pink' (Love-in-a-Mist)
  • Papaver somnifloium, P. nudicaule (Iceland poppies)
  • Pelargoniums, tesp. scented varieties (geraniums)
  • Petuniat*
  • Ranunculus asiaticus

A blush of pink adds warmth to Magnolia stellata 'King Rose'

A blush of pink adds warmth to Magnolia stellata 'King Rose'


Tough, drought resistant sedums add colour and life to a naturally styled planting
Tough, drought resistant sedums add colour and life to a naturally styled planting

Clematis montana 'Marjorie'
Clematis montana 'Marjorie'

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