Spice Up Your Summer Garden With Pink

Gardening

oi-Suparna Chakaraborthy

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 18:15

Since the color pink signifies femininity, how about presenting a “pink" garden to your mom on the occasion of Mother's Day rather than just an ordinary bouquet of flowers. Pink is a color which is very pleasant and homely. Your present to your mother is undoubtedly special as it conveys joy, innocence, youthfulness and grace. Take a look at what type of pink flowers can be ideally grown in your summer garden.

Painting Your Summer Garden With Pink Flowers -

1. Armeria maritima Rosea – The Rosea is just apt for your summer garden if you are looking out for a pink bed. The grassy foliage can be grown on the edges or as a border to the your garden. The plant needs good sunlight and a well drained soil. The rosa grows up to 6-8 inches tall and wide.

2. 'Alice du Pont' Mandevilla – The Mandevillas are beautiful summer perennial flowers. They are heat loving tropical plants that require good sun and a proper drained soil for good growth. The plant climbs up to 20 feet tall.

3. Geranium – These pink perennials are a perfect combination with lungwort. The deep pink flowers need sun as well as shade and a well drained soil. The summer plant germinates up to 12-24 inches tall, 24-30 inches wide.

4. Daylily – The lily flowers are best blooms of summer. The light pink flowers bloom in the morning and are easiest to grow and maintain. The flowers grow in mid summer upto 3 feet tall.

5. Hollyhock – These beautiful big flowers are the summer garden showstoppers and look very similar to Hibiscus. The flowers can be grown through seeds and are available in many pinks. The perennials like the sun and also moist soil. Over watering will spoil the growth of these plants so watch out. The perennials grow up to 3-8 feet tall and 1-3 feet wide

6. Astilbe – These herbaceous flowering plants have a genus of 18 species perennials. The long-blooming plume-like flowers are one of the easiest to grow. The plant need only partly sunlight and a good moist soil. The summer perennials grow 12 inches tall.

7. Fuchsia – A magenta color plant gives an elegant touch to the summer garden. Its different combinational colors make it look classy in the garden. The hanging flowers will definitely catch the eyes of the viewers and are not very difficult to maintain. The plant grows up to 24-30 inches tall and wide.

Every mother has a special place in every child's heart and the best way to express is through flowers. If your mother likes gardening then what best can make her happy than the pink flower gardens. This summer vacation plan a summer garden with a these varieties of pink blooms.