Garden Answers (UK)

Name that pink flower!

Can you recognise these look-alike cottage garden blooms? Answers below

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1 Free-flowering perennial with cup-shaped pink blooms July-Sept. Excellent for late season colour. Plant in sun or part shade in a humus-rich soil. H1.5m (5ft) S60cm (24in)

2 A tall annual with large daisy-like flowers in white or pink. Flowers June to the frosts, if you keep deadheadin­g. Full sun in moist, well-drained soil. H2.5m (8ft) S50cm (19in)

3 Unusual pink flowers with plum-red central eye and yellow stamens, July-Sept. Foliage is dark purplebron­ze. Lift tubers for winter protection. H60cm (24in) S40cm (16in)

4 Handsome evergreen woodland shrub that grows best in shelter and light shade. Deep pink ruffled flowers from Feb- March. Prefers acidic soil. H5m (16ft) S3m (10ft)

5 These fragrant double blooms appear July- Sept on a repeat-flowering shrubby plant. Prefers fertile, moist but welldraine­d soil in full sun. H1.8m (6ft) S1m (3ft 3in)

6 Shrubby perennial with blushing pink, fragrant double flowers. Emerges from red shoots in spring to flower May-June. Plant in full sun or part shade. H and S70cm (27in)

7 Perennial bearing long pokers of tiny pink flowers June, July and Sept above a mat of green leaves that turn brick red as they mature. Sun or part shade. H30cm (12in) S90cm (36in)

8 Dense spikes of fragrant pink flowers July-Sept above silvery grey-green foliage. This shrub prefers full sun and a fertile well-drained soil. H and S75cm (29in)

9 The stiff, upright spikes on this hardy perennial are densely packed with buds that open rose pink July-Sept. Full sun in light, humus-rich soil. H60cm (24in) S30cm (12in)

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