Here are 19 flowering plants with beautiful pink flowers, including annuals, perennials, and even a flowering tree. Foxgloves are commonly used in mixed border gardens and in cottage gardens, but be aware that plant is listed as a dangerously poisonous plant. It contains chemicals that are extracted and purified for medicinal use to control heart rhythm problems, but when any part of the plant is ingested, it can cause irregular heartbeat and other symptoms—similar to an overdose of the heart medication, digitalis glycoside. Fortunately, cases of fatality are quite rare.
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8Color Varieties: Strawberry pink, white, or purpleSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, part shade
USDA Growing Zones: 3–9Color Varieties: White, pink, violet, purpleSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium moisture, humusy, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 5–9Color Varieties: Violet, purpleSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, humusy, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8Color Varieties: Pink, purple, red, whiteSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, fertile, well-drained
Angel’s trumpet plants can grow several feet in height and can make a big splash in the landscape. Many who treat angel’s trumpet plants as annuals grow them in large pots and use them as focal points when in bloom. But used in planting beds, their height makes them a valuable addition to the back-row. There are two caveats with this plant. First, it is a poisonous species, so be careful growing it around children. And It requires a lot of water and fertilizer, so it’s not a shrub you can plant and forget.
USDA Growing Zones: 8–10Color Varieties: White, pink, yellowSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium moisture, rich, well-drained
To achieve color for as long as possible, cold-climate gardeners can supplement their perennial plantings with annuals with a reputation for cold-weather performance. Pansies, snapdragons, dianthus, and alyssum all have a good reputation for cold weather tolerance. And petunias, surprisingly, also makes this list. While petunia is a great hot weather annual, along with plants like impatiens, it has a surprisingly good performance in the cool days of spring and fall. Petunias don’t tolerate frost, but in growing zones with cool but not freezing winters, they will flower reliably all year long.
USDA Growing Zones: Hardy in zones 10–11; grown as annuals everywhereColor Varieties: All colors except brown and blackSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained
A trailing plant, million bells can also be used effectively in container gardens and hanging baskets. Million bells can also be planted in rock gardens or tall raised beds that give them room to spread out fully while spilling over the sides.
USDA Growing Zones: 9–11Color Varieties: Violet, blue, pink, red, magenta, yellow, bronze, whiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Moist, rich, well-drained
Hyacinth bulbs contain alkaloid compounds that can be poisonous to dogs who dig them up to eat them. Sensitive individuals may experience skin irritation from handling the bulbs while planting them.
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8Color Varieties: Pink, blue, purple, red, whiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Average moisture, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8Color Varieties: Pinkish white to medium pinkSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Moist, fertile, well-drained
Alternatively, you can plant Mandevilla vines in containers so that they can be brought inside before the frost. Prune them back so that only about 6 inches of growth remains, and store them in a cool nook in your cellar (about 55 degrees Fahrenheit). Water your Mandevilla vines very sparingly during this period. Return the Mandevilla vines to your yard when good weather returns.
USDA Growing Zones: 10–11Color Varieties: Pink, white, redSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Rich, well-drained; general-purpose potting mix for container specimens
Another form of cosmos is Cosmos suphureus. It is a taller plant than C. bipinnatus, with lance-shaped leaves, and it has golden yellow flowers.
USDA Growing Zones: Grown as an annual in zones 2–11Color Varieties: Pink, red, or white rays, with yellow centersSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Average moisture, well-drained
Rose campion is often used in mixed perennial borders, and it also looks good in mass plantings. If flower stems are cut back after blooming, the silver foliage becomes an attractive ground cover.
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8Color Varieties: Rose magentaSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Medium-moisture, well-drained; good tolerance for dry soil, which brings out the best foliage color
Bleeding heart is a child of the spring. While it doesn’t bloom as early as some of the spring bulbs, it’s vegetation is irrepressible once it emerges, seeming to grow before one’s very eyes. Bleeding heart foliage tends to yellow after the plants are done flowering, however; worse yet, the vegetation leaves behind holes in a perennial bed after it dies back. Plant some “summer companions” such as hosta adjacent to your bleeding heart to address this issue.
USDA Growing Zones: 2–9Color Varieties: Pink with white, whiteSun Exposure: Part shade to full shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 3–9Color Varieties: Pink, blue, whiteSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Medium moisture, well-drained
Allium schubertii (tumbleweed onion), with huge rose-purple flowers that bloom in late spring Allium thunbergii (Japanese onion), with 1-inch flower heads that bloom in early fall Allium cernuum (nodding onion), notable for growing well in part shade Allium karataviense (Turkistan onion), with 3- to 6-inch flower heads that appear in late spring to early summer Allium ‘Millenium’, a hybrid form with 2-inch flower heads that bloom in late summer
Deer do not like this plant, which is a good thing. But pets may nibble it out of curiosity, which is a bad thing: they can become ill upon ingesting parts of it. Alliums are poisonous plants for cats and dogs.
USDA Growing Zones: 4–8 (varies according to species)Color Varieties: Pink, purple, whiteSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Dry to medium moisture, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 5–8Color Varieties: Pink, rose, violet, purple, whiteSun Exposure: Part shade to full shadeSoil Needs: Dry to medium moisture, well-drained, acidic
The evening primroses are known for having flowers that close during the heat of the day and open up as the sun goes down. They are a good choice for meadows, rock gardens, native gardens, and naturalized areas.
USDA Growing Zones: 3–9 (depends on species)Color Varieties: Pink, white, yellowSun Exposure: Full sun to part shadeSoil Needs: Dry to medium moisture, well-drained
Azaleas bloom in early to late spring, and sizes can range from 2 or 3 feet to 20 feet. There are no shrubs more spectacular in the landscape than pink azaleas.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–9 (depends on species)Color Varieties: Pink, red, purple, white, yellow, orangeSun Exposure: Full sun to full shade, depending on species (most prefer part shade)Soil Needs: Medium moisture, rich, well-drained, acidic
