Flowers that’ll have you thinking pink – from sweet spring delight to bold winter wonders
Pink flowers are, without a doubt, one of our most popular picks at FLOWERBX and for flower lovers worldwide. Their beauty, versatility, and year-round vase appeal make them an easy winner when buying a floral gift, or brightening your own home. But what do pink flowers represent, and what makes the perfect occasion to send them?
The Meaning and Symbolism of Pink Flowers
The ultimate feminine floral shade, pink flowers represent grace, elegance, love, and joy universally, as well as holding the meaning of good health and fortune in Chinese tradition. Often associated with romance – pink flowers are this and so much more – being as ideal for sending a friend or as a thank-you gift as they are for celebrating a wedding, anniversary, or Valentine’s Day.
The 15 Most Popular Pink Flowers
We’ve rounded up our favourite pink flowers, available at FLOWERBX, to shop right now and throughout the seasons.
About: Often associated with true love of all kinds, pink roses are popular to give as a gift all year around, from Valentine’s Day to birthdays and Mother’s Day. With specific varieties known for their sweet and delicate scent, pink roses are the perfect gesture for fragrance lovers.
Soil and sunlight needs: Roses thrive when grown in direct sunlight, in a heavy, loam-based compost.
Symbolise: Gratitude, Love, Admiration
Seasonality: Roses can be found in florists all year round, but when home-grown in gardens, are at their fragrant best during early summer’s British flower season.
About: A calendar favourite for those that follow the seasons in floral, pink peonies are always worth the wait. Popular pink Flowerbx varieties include Primrose, Carnival, Flamingo, and Powder Pink.
Soil and sunlight needs: Peonies like to be planted in rich but well-drained soil, in a position of full, bright sunshine.
Symbolise: Love, wealth, romance, honour, happiness, and beauty
Seasonality: Peonies are a popular late spring/ early summer flower, found between the months of May and June. We are proud suppliers of specific varieties of British-grown peonies during British Flower Season.
About: Not to be underestimated, carnations are full of frilled beauty. Naturally native to the Mediterranean, carnations are herbaceous perennial flowers, both sweetly scented and dainty in size.
Soil and sunlight needs: Well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil is the carnation’s home of choice, and due to their origins in warmer climates, they love to be placed in full sun.
Symbolise: gratitude
Seasonality: Carnations are popular year-round with florists, and are grown from late spring up until early summer.
About: Big, bold, and blousy – hydrangeas are another flower with a cult following. Native to Japan, pink hydrangea flowers grow from a deciduous shrub, available in a palette ranging pale pink to bold magenta. At Flowerbx, we favour both!
Soil and sunlight needs: Hydrangeas have an interesting relationship with soil. Available in a range of shades, their colour is dependent on the pH of the soil they are grown in. Pink hydrangeas grow best in alkaline soil above pH7 and are at their happiest in a spot with dappled shade and well-drained soil.
Symbolise: heartfelt love and deep emotion
Seasonality: Pink hydrangeas are in season from summer to autumn, before making way for deeper tones come to the end of the year.
About: The ultimate floral show-off, pink dahlias come in a range of shapes and sizes, from little and dainty to the size of a dinner plate. An English garden favourite, they can be grown in containers or in cottage-style borders, but look best of all in a Flowerbx vase.
Soil and sunlight needs: When it comes to soil, dahlias aren’t too picky. They enjoy a fertile, well-drained home, in a sheltered but sunny spot.
Symbolise: kindness, beauty, and grace
Seasonality: The ultimate cut-and-come-again flower, dahlias are in season from late spring to the end of autumn, dependent on variety.
About: Double the petals for twice the beauty, pink roselilies are a Flowerbx favourite flower. Its extra helping of petals helps this unique lily variety resemble a rose, with a sweet and delicate scent that is far subtler than that of an oriental lily. Unlike other varieties of lily, pink roselilies are pollen-free, making them a great choice for pet owners.
Soil and sunlight needs: When planting roselilies outside, they enjoy a spot with full sun or partial shade, in well-drained soil.
Symbolise: love and purity
Seasonality: Roselilies are grown from bulbs that bloom naturally in the summer months.
About: Also known as an arum lily, the pink calla lily is a striking, tall bloom, native to South Africa, and is a herbaceous perennial evergreen variety when grown in its natural habitat. Usually found in shades of white, the pink calla lily is a unique flower that makes the perfect gift or statement in your own home.
Soil and sunlight needs: Calla lilies can be grown in frost-free soil, in either borders or containers. They prefer a well-lit home out of direct sunlight or full shade and must be kept sheltered from the wind.
Symbolise: appreciation, love, romance
Seasonality: Calla lilies are grown as perennials in warm climates, and naturally flower at the start of summer.
About: Ideal for lovers of colour, tulips are grown in a rainbow of shades, with pink being one of the most popular choices. From double to dutch and fringed to parrot, a pink tulip palette spans bright to pared-back.
Soil and sunlight needs: Tulips are sun-lovers, but can also grow in partial shade. They prefer well-drained, fertile soil to flower at their best.
Symbolise: affection, care, good wishes
Seasonality: You’ll find spring tulips in bloom in nature from early April through May.
About: A quintessential spring-blooming perennial flower, the hyacinth is synonymous with the first signs of bright and bold colour after winter. With a fragrant scent and unique blousy flower head, hyacinths are more commonly found in shades of blue, purple, and white, but the pink hyacinth is a favourite for feminine flower arrangements.
Symbolise: Hyacinths bloom best in well-drained, fertile soil while basking in full sun.
Seasonality: A classic early-spring flower, hyacinths are available at the start of the season, much like other bulbs including daffodils.
About: A bright and bold favourite at Flowerbx, we like to think of the chrysanthemum as a dahlia’s sister. At their best just as summer’s kaleidoscope of floral colour begins to fade, pink chrysanthemums bring beauty to the later seasons.
Soil and sunlight needs: Chrysanthemums enjoy a warm yet sheltered spot, with well-drained and fertile soil.
About: Also known as antirrhinum flowers, pink snapdragons are a staple floral for the warmer seasons, aptly named after their resemblance to dragons. Easy to grow and loved by bees, snapdragons are a classic cottage garden flowering plant often loved for height and colour – particularly pink!
Soil and sunlight needs: To thrive outdoors, snapdragons love fertile, well-draining soil, in full sun to partial shade.
Symbolise: graciousness, strength
Seasonality: In bloom from late spring to early autumn.
About: One of the most popular pink cut flowers, freesias are exotic-looking, funnel-shaped perennial flowers, popular in a range of bright shades of pink. Flowering best in garden borders, they bring beauty to any Flowerbx vase, along with a spicy yet sweet fragrance.
Soil and sunlight needs: Plant freesias in well-draining soil, in either fun sunshine or dappled shade.
Symbolise: innocence, friendship, trust
Seasonality: Freesias bring beauty to spring and early summer seasons
About: Nothing makes us smile like a cheery pink Gerbera daisy, which is what makes them such a popular choice for gifting. Also known as Transvaal daisies, they originate from South Africa and love warmer climates.
Soil and sunlight needs: Gerbera daisies grow best in well-draining soil and full sun.
Symbolise: happiness, purity, innocence
Seasonality: You can find the beauty and cheer of gerbera daisies all year round!
About: One of nature’s most delicate florals, the pink sweet pea is elegance in flower form. Famous for their uniquely sweet aroma, sweet peas are well known in gardens as a climbing plant, growing to heights of up to two metres. Even better the more you pick, the more they grow!
Soil and sunlight needs: Sweet peas thrive in well-draining soil, with full sun to partial shade.
Symbolise: gratitude, pleasure
Seasonality: Sweet peas are signature fragrant early spring flowers
About: Part of the oldest and largest family of flowering plants, orchids are statement-making florals. Perfect for gifting, pink orchids are a unique and exotic choice – taking up to 7 years to bloom once germinating. Luckily for you, you can shop them right now at Flowerbx.
Soil and sunlight needs: Orchids grow in well-draining soil, with filtered light to partial shade. When kept as a houseplant, orchids like bright light but not direct sun, and a regular misting.
Symbolise: luxury, love, beauty, strength
Seasonality: You’ll be able to find orchids grown all year round.
