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- Popular pink-flowering shrubs
- frequently asked Questions
The color pink is currently in vogue - it is also popular with plants. There are numerous shrubs that offer pink flowers. The following list names the most popular specimens with different shades of pink.
In a nutshell
- numerous pink flowering plants are hardy
- Shrubs available with heights of over five meters
- Blooming times for the whole year from early bloomers to winter bloomers
Popular pink-flowering shrubs
American blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum 'Pink Lemonade')
- Family: Heather family (Ericaceae)
- Growth habit: upright, bushy-shrubby
- Spread: Between 60 and 100 centimeters
- Height: 100 to 150 centimeters
- Flowers: simple, jug-shaped, pink
- Flowering period: April to early / mid-May
- Fruits: pink to pink, harvest time from August to September, sweet taste
- Foliage: Shedding, green, orange, yellow to red autumn colors
- Location: partial shade
- Soil: Fresh to moist, rich in humus, permeable, pH value slightly acidic
- Special features: hardy, suitable as a container plant
Tree heather (Erica arborea)
- Family: Heather family (Ericaceae)
- Growth habit: bushy, branched shrub
- Spread: 40 to 100 centimeters
- Height: up to 600 centimeters
- Flowers: snow-white with pink shimmer, bell-shaped, fragrant
- Flowering period: April to May
- Foliage: needle-like
- Location: Sunny, sheltered from the wind
- Soil: sandy, peat and bog soil, pH value acidic
- Special features: evergreen, very frost-resistant
Comfrey-leaved rockrose (Cistus symphytifolius)
- Family: Rockrose Family (Cistaceae)
- Growth habit: Spreading, branched shrubs
- Spread: Up to 80 centimeters
- Height: 60 to 200 centimeters
- Flowers: rose-red to pink, bell-shaped, strongly scented
- Flowering period: between June and August
- Foliage: fragrant, gray-green depending on the variety
- Location: Sunny, sheltered from the wind, even in winter
- Soil: sandy, peat and bog soil, pH value acidic
- Special features: Evergreen in warm climates - deciduous in Central Europe, overwintering at plus five to 20 degrees Celsius, tolerates a maximum of short periods of frost
Billiards Spierstrauch (Spiraea x billardii)
- Family: Rosaceae
- Growth habit: stiffly upright, densely bushy
- Spread: 150 to 250 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Flower color: deep pink
- Flowering period: from June to July
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: No special requirements, acidic to neutral pH
- Special features: Forms runners, Bee pasture, hardy to minus 26 degrees Celsius
- Popular variety: piston spear 'Triumphans'
Red currant 'Atrorubens' (Ribes sanguineum 'Atrorubens')
- Family: Gooseberry Family (Grossulariaceae)
- Growth habit: compact, upright shrub
- Spread: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Flowers: Strong pink to pinkish red, grape-shaped, slightly fragrant
- Flowering period: from April to May
- From July harvest of black currants
- Deciduous
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: Fresh, humic, pH acidic to neutral
- Special features: Abundantly blooming, ideal as a flower hedge, decorative autumn color, hardy
Bow lilac (Syringa reflexa)
- Family: Oleaceae
- Growth habit: Broad, upright, arching overhanging, funnel-shaped
- Spread: 300 to 400 centimeters
- Height: 300 to 400 centimeters
- Flower color: dark pink to wine red
- Flowering period: June
- Deciduous
- Location: sun
- Soil: nutrient-rich garden soil, does not tolerate limestone soil, pH value between 4.0 and 6.0
- Special features: fast growing, hardy, loves warmth
Bristly robinia / bristle acacia - 'Macrophylla' (Robinia hispida 'Macrophylla')
- Family: Legumes (Fabaceae)
- Growth habit: upright, bulky
- Spread: 150 to 300 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 300 centimeters
- Flower color: pink, pink-violet, pink-red
- Flowering period: May to July
- Brown legumes (not edible)
- Deciduous
- Location: sunny to shady, sheltered from the wind
- Soil: Gravelly to loamy, often calcareous, poor to moderately nutrient-rich, dry to fresh, pH value slightly acidic to slightly alkaline
- Special features: nectar and pollen plant, slightly fragrant, bee-friendly, tolerates heat, urban climate-proof, hardy
Broad-leaved bay rose /Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Family: Heather family (Ericaceae)
- Growth habit: broadly bushy, upright, dense
- Spread: 80 to 120 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Flower color: soft pink to carmine pink
- Flowering period: May to June
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: Fresh to moist, humic, well-drained, pH value slightly acidic to neutral
- Special features: hardy, evergreen, slow growing, ideal for Privacy protection planting also on balconies
Chinese Judas tree 'Avondale' (Cercis chinensis 'Avondale')
- Family: Legumes (Fabaceae)
- Growth habit: upright, shrubby
- Spread: 175 to 200 centimeters
- Height: 200 to 250 centimeters
- Flower color: violet pink
- Flowering period: April to May
- Deciduous
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: Sandy-loamy, well-drained, often calcareous, acidic pH value up to a maximum of 5.5
- Special features: Can grow up to a tree, Mediterranean flair
Japanese cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
- Family: Rosaceae
- Growth habit: upright, broad, fan-shaped branches
- Spread: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Height: 80 to 100 centimeters
- Flowers: white-pink to pink in color
- Flowering period: beginning to end of June
- Summer green
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: normal garden soil, pH acidic to alkaline
- Special features: Red fruit decoration until December, shiny leaves, red autumn color of the leaves, tolerates drought, easy care, good for Rock gardens and balconies suitable, hardy
Garden hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla)
- Family: Hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae)
- Growth habit: bushy, compact
- Spread: 80 to 200 centimeters
- Height: 100 to 200 centimeters
- Flower color: white-pink to dark pink
- Flowering time: May to October depending on the variety
- Summer green
- Location: light to partial shade, no direct sunlight
- Soil: rich in nutrients, moist, pH value between 5.5 and 6.0 (only applies to pink varieties)
- Special features: Hardy - cold protection recommended at extremely low temperatures
Pink flowering garden hydrangea varieties:
- Ball hydrangea 'Angelika' - white-pink flower
- Farm hydrangea 'Alpenglow' - blossom with a strong pink shade
- Ball hydrangea 'Hamburg' - delicate pink flower
- Plate hydrangea 'Mariesii Perfecta' - pink flowers
- Plate hydrangea 'Messalina' - white-pink flower
Purple magnolia bushes (Magnolia liliiflora)
- Family: Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae)
- Growth form: Broad, upright, shrub-like, densely bushy
- Spread: 200 to 300 centimeters
- Growth height: 250 to 400 centimeters
- Flowers: two-colored, depending on the variety, white-pink, pink or pale pink with purple or magenta, cup-shaped
- Flowering time: depending on the variety from April to June
- Summer green
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: moist, fresh, well-drained garden soil, pH value between 5.5 and 6.8
- Special features: Very hardy and robust
Most popular varieties:
- Purple magnolia 'Susan', 'Betty', 'Nigra'
Pink climbing trumpet / trumpet wine (Podranea ricasoliana)
- Family: Trumpet Tree Family (Bignoniaceae)
- Growth habit: climbing shrubs
- Spread: 200 to 350 centimeters
- Height: up to 500 centimeters
- Flowers: pink, inverted bell shape
- Flowering period: from July until the first frost
- Evergreen
- Location: full sun to sun
- Soil: permeable, rich in humus, pH value neutral
- Special features: Not hardy, ideal for planting in pots, slightly fragrant, bright yellow autumn color
Shrub marshmallow / garden marshmallow (Hibiscus syriacus)
- Family: Mallow family (Malvaceae)
- Growth habit: compact, bushy, shrubby, upright, partly multi-stemmed
- Spread: 80 to 160 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Flowers: Depending on the variety, bright violet-pink, magenta, white-pink, pale pink
- Flowering period: July to September
- Deciduous
- Location: Sun to partial shade, sheltered from the wind
- Soil: Well drained, nutrient-rich, pH between 6.5 and 7.5
- Special features: hardy, robust, easy to care for, bee-friendly, particularly suitable for planting in pots
List of the most popular shrub varieties:
- Shrub marshmallow 'Duc de Brabant', 'Magenta Chiffon', 'Mathilda', 'Starbust Chiffon', 'Walberton's Rose Moon'
Tatar honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
- Family: Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae)
- Growth habit: stiffly upright, densely branched
- Spread: 300 to 400 centimeters
- Height: 300 to 400 centimeters
- Flower color: white-pink to pink
- Flowering period: May to June
- Summer green
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: Moist, fresh, well-drained, pH moderately acidic
- Special features: Very robust and easy to care for, light red fruit decorations (not edible), hardy, insect-friendly
Winter snowball (Viburnum bodnantense)
- Family: Musk herb family (Adoxaceae)
- Growth habit: dense, bushy, stiffly upright, sparse branches
- Spread: 200 to 250 centimeters
- Height: 200 to 300 centimeters
- Flowers: Depending on the variety, whitish-pink to medium-pink, panicle-shaped, strongly scented
- Flowering time: Depending on the variety, between November and April (winter and early bloomers)
- Location: sun to partial shade
- Soil: Sandy-loamy, fresh to moist, rich in humus, permeable to water, pH value slightly acidic to alkaline
- Special features: red autumn colors, hardy, for buckets suitable
- Popular varieties: Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn', Viburnum bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'
Cinammon-raspberry/ Fragrant raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
- Family: Mallow family (Malvaceae)
- Growth habit: upright, slightly sloping
- Spread: 80 to 175 centimeters
- Height: 150 to 200 centimeters
- Flower color: purple pink
- Flowering period: June to August
- Deciduous
- Location: partial shade to shade
- Soil: Well drained, fresh and moist, rich in humus, pH value neutral to alkaline
- Special features: Fragrant sea of flowers, bee-friendly, hardy, decorative leaf shape
frequently asked Questions
Can the shrubs listed in the list be pruned well for container housing?
Yes. All shrubs that are mentioned in the list as suitable container plants never reach the maximum height due to the limited space available. They can also be cut to the desired height. In the case of very tall specimens, shortening the roots can greatly influence the height of growth.
Are there pink flowering shrubs for the balcony in the list?
Almost all shrubs are suitable for the balcony if they are planted in containers and given an ideal location. For a particularly limited space there are so-called dwarf shrubs, which are actually not, but grow like a bush. This includes, for example, the rose broom or purple broom (Cytisus purpureus). It can be kept at a height of 40 centimeters and can even find space in a deeper balcony box. It blooms from May to June.
Is it true that hydrangeas can change the color of their flowers?
Yes and no. Hydrangeas do not change the flower color at will. This happens when the pH of the soil changes. If you want to keep the pink flowers, look for a pH as described in the list. If the pH value drops, the flower color increasingly turns purple and blue.
