Cotswold Garden Pinks

We have grown Garden Pinks at our cottage nursery high up in the Cotswolds for many years, in fact they have become a speciality of ours. The name Pinks give the impression that the plants only produce flowers that are pink but, in fact, the colour range includes reds, whites, as well as various shades of pink. Pinks or, to give them their Latin name, Dianthus, are easy to grow; click here Growing Pinks for further information.

Pinks and their names

All the varieties we sell are named Pinks, for example, Dianthus allwoodii 'Doris'; 'Haytor', 'Valda Wyatt', 'Cheryl'. These hybrid Pinks were first introduced in 1945 see History of Pinks for more background information.                                                                           

Invoking Memories

What could be more beautiful than the sight of Pinks edging a garden path? Perhaps this invokes memories of visiting grandparents on summer days where the lovely blue-green foliage billowed over the path and the many flower heads gave their scent to the warm air.

If you have never grown pinks in your garden then we hope that we can tempt you to give them a try and for those who have grown or do grow them then perhaps we can encourage you to try a few more!

Read our ramblings on our blog which can be found here Garden Pinks Blog

Last updated May 2008