THE hearty colour pink is welcoming, feminine and reassuring. In a global colour survey, people named pink as the sexiest colour and pastel pink as one of the most relaxing shades. Also, research has shown that when prisoners were moved to cells painted soft pink, they became less aggressive.
So, it stands to reason that pink plants added to the garden can create a comforting, calm mood. There is a huge range of pink shades to choose from, and now is the ideal time to get your pink perennials in the ground.
The ‘right’ shade of pink
In spring, vivid-magenta elephant’s ears bloom beside rich-pink bleeding hearts, while wands of Byzantine gladioli blaze hot-raspberry in the sun. Then, in summer, there are many wonderful forms of lychnis, salvia, achillea, dianthus,…