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Janet & I run a small nursery called Special Perennials, our website is www.specialperennials. com. Pretty in Pink We’re all spending more time in our gardens and it’s lovely to sit and relax surrounded by soft, calming coloured flowers and what is more calming and pretty than pink. There are so many shades of pink flower to choose, from the palest blush through to luxurious lipstick pink. Pink is an easy colour to combine – just avoid orange unless you like jarring clashes. Here are some of my summertime favourite pink flowers. Annual lobelias are usually blue but there are plenty of pink perennial types. These have upright stems and form neat clumps. Lobelia Compton Pink (pale pink flowers), Lobelia Russian Princess (shocking pink flowers and bronze leaves and stems) and Lobelia Tania purple-pink flowers) are all very lovely. Generally, Lobelias require moist soil in summer but good drainage in winter. This is achieved by adding lots of grit and compost to the soil There are many lovely pink hardy Geraniums to choose from. The low growing, sun loving Elke is particularly tough and make a lovely edging against a patio or path. Sherwood is taller and has intriguing, rolled up petals. Scent in the garden is a must have and the border pink Devon Wizard has a spellbinding fragrance and bold, bright magenta flowers that are also great for cutting. If you keep him dead-headed he will weave his magic right to the end of autumn. One of the most impressive pink flowers in my garden are the large, thistle-like, fuchsia-pink heads of the Stemmacantha that erupt from ping-pong ball sized silver buds in June and July. Once the flowers have finished the seed heads give prolonged interest and feed finches in winter. Another striking looking flower is that of the Japanese burnet (Sanguisorba obtusa), affectionately known as the Barbara Cartland flower in our garden as the long, feathery, We also organise Plant Hunters’ Fairs, specialist plant fairs at wonderful locations throughout the season. This year we had planned plant fairs during July at Middleton Hall, Tamworth and the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas and during August at Carsington Water, Derbyshire and Southwell Minster. At the time of writing this they are all suspended and we are not sure if they will be able to run or not, so please keep up to date with all our latest plant fair information by visiting www. planthuntersfairs.co.uk candy pink flowers look just like the one of the feather boas that might have graced the great lady’s outfits. The variety Rock and Roll is shorter with masses of upright pink flowers. Echinacea (coneflower) have become very popular over the last few years, but some of the new, exotically coloured varieties aren’t very hardy. I stick to the old, pinkflowered favourites like Rubinstern with its large pink daisy flowers and prickly, honey-scented cones. A must for bees and butterflies! With so many lovely flowers and shades to choose from there’s no reason why your garden shouldn’t be pretty in pink the whole summer long! Martin Blow
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