Tag Archives: pink flowers
Daphne.
Beautiful shrubs, mostly evergreens, bearing elegant flowers followed by bright-red poisonous berries. D. Mezereum is the most common variety, and is very suitable for the front of shrubberies. The … Read more
Colchicum (Autumn Crocus)
Colchicum are perennial plants which grow from bulb-like corms. Colchicum autumnale, commonly called “autumn crocus” or “naked ladies”, is the best known. It produces purple, pink or white flowers … Read more
Crucianella Stylosa.
A hardy perennial. Sow in August or September in a sheltered spot to stand the winter. The seed may also be sown from March to midsummer, and the plants … Read more
Silene (Catchfly).
Elegant plants, delighting in a light, rich soil. Sow the seeds of the annual varieties early in April where they are intended to bloom. Silene Pendula, when sown in the … Read more
Tetratheca.
Pretty greenhouse evergreen shrubs which produce pink flowers in July. They flourish in a soil consisting of equal proportions of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings of the young wood planted … Read more
Sidalcea.
Very pretty hardy perennials, of easy culture. S. Candida has pure white flowers closely arranged on the upper part of the stems. S. Malvaeflora bears beautifully fringed, satiny pink … Read more