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Somehow this year my garden got the pinks. As I worked in the garden this week, I noticed there is a heck of a lot of pink out there.
The coleus cuttings turned out to be many shades of pink and pink accents. A neighbor gave me a left-over flat of pink impatiens so I paired them with the pink coleus.
In pots![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nalYMiLnpqZMxwdW99PW_8w5vO-kaYLHDip1yIRFmmh_mSuY72OGSo6vAx7CZynE7gpXYjpDxN9LYfeDhcEtK6z1HLo2RUIb4YD1h63ZYprxCsba-QmtyBzmPb3HzntSpxv4/s320/Garden+7-20-2010_04.jpg)
The coleus cuttings turned out to be many shades of pink and pink accents. A neighbor gave me a left-over flat of pink impatiens so I paired them with the pink coleus.
In pots
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and in the ground.
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Other annuals - pink cosmos and cleome .![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnj7uuNuUAkMIssIagmyxrxWSb_urDJzlWibUHxjxU-71vpIR0RjQHzjbPnt4hn6HozrLgDj9hcZ1zorxq0synrrYT1cEI9s2mHKKb6R7kaS7wUwpveTW4xHMvksvAAUxQjg7C/s320/Garden+7-30-2010_27.jpg)
Even the pot of zinnias Giant Flowered Mix and California Giant is predominately pink.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4pPPpZK7zgnMF55wx6TXvxvWTm9PmRwgQWN6NTGddmHtm7zdifEdgQIRpgQTuTwAzX-jIVafi94T8UoHH-JMGX783JGGlpWz8vPXQoxb0YMruafX2Kwb4KRZqQySywOgO6n0/s320/Garden+7-30-2010_22.jpg)
The perennials I’ve planted over the years are many shades of pink. A lot of them were gifts from friendly gardeners.
Saucer sized hardy hibiscus (from a neighbor)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nOSrguhPlptjGrkW7aXD4iW379O9_CHPSWEUplBrevPBi9YOoPso0nQuSKlcp7mi59fG_76EGD3JKIAdJOqaUUGvVRFKIXzn4EPyXbqajIi9HZlrO5gFvWuGU4ZLgtTEAGCe/s320/Garden+7-20-2010_23.jpg)
Cone flowers (from a neighborhood school plant sale)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR_Gy0KWSqKd-Qhiawb3Z1p0sxlMUlWx9fMX3wIiOYvYb_ZhvQCv3svFMgIvYBCsBQJP7fQQUS5083Or62EKrmDDmxg5g59faFIezHbxYguW5R2IQDXK-GLQQQridDNZA1Sv6/s320/Garden+7-20-2010_39.jpg)
Garden phlox (from a friend)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36yxFek_d5eqlKHM7MFMbaxL0mEIp3OeycVGa5KM7kXgJufAzl-07u5RiluJl-X3t5oYKobbPPtPEm9rCUr_doMKOgD_2UeOusFHsp_zzXOqfRWfMQXL3rIdSPtJ9Fuy_zo5V/s320/Garden+7-30-2010_19.jpg)
Mum Clara Curtis (actually bought this one myself).
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Even the pot of zinnias Giant Flowered Mix and California Giant is predominately pink.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4pPPpZK7zgnMF55wx6TXvxvWTm9PmRwgQWN6NTGddmHtm7zdifEdgQIRpgQTuTwAzX-jIVafi94T8UoHH-JMGX783JGGlpWz8vPXQoxb0YMruafX2Kwb4KRZqQySywOgO6n0/s320/Garden+7-30-2010_22.jpg)
The perennials I’ve planted over the years are many shades of pink. A lot of them were gifts from friendly gardeners.
Saucer sized hardy hibiscus (from a neighbor)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nOSrguhPlptjGrkW7aXD4iW379O9_CHPSWEUplBrevPBi9YOoPso0nQuSKlcp7mi59fG_76EGD3JKIAdJOqaUUGvVRFKIXzn4EPyXbqajIi9HZlrO5gFvWuGU4ZLgtTEAGCe/s320/Garden+7-20-2010_23.jpg)
Cone flowers (from a neighborhood school plant sale)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR_Gy0KWSqKd-Qhiawb3Z1p0sxlMUlWx9fMX3wIiOYvYb_ZhvQCv3svFMgIvYBCsBQJP7fQQUS5083Or62EKrmDDmxg5g59faFIezHbxYguW5R2IQDXK-GLQQQridDNZA1Sv6/s320/Garden+7-20-2010_39.jpg)
Garden phlox (from a friend)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36yxFek_d5eqlKHM7MFMbaxL0mEIp3OeycVGa5KM7kXgJufAzl-07u5RiluJl-X3t5oYKobbPPtPEm9rCUr_doMKOgD_2UeOusFHsp_zzXOqfRWfMQXL3rIdSPtJ9Fuy_zo5V/s320/Garden+7-30-2010_19.jpg)
Mum Clara Curtis (actually bought this one myself).
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Crepe Myrtle (from another neighbor).
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Pink everywhere. A happy accident.
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