Shrubs that flower pink add a feeling of playfulness to the home garden. The romantic pink hues can be enjoyed throughout the season and blend well with cool colors of purple, blue and white but also with warm colors of red, magenta, fuchsia and yellow. What may be confusing or surprising about this list of pink flowering shrubs are the pictures with blue flowers. Especially in Bigleaf Hydranges the color of the flower is determined by the pH of the soil. Acidic soil (pH 5-5.8) will produce blue flowers and akaline soils (pH 6-7) will flower pink.

Most of these shrubs grow well with average soil moisture and partial or full sun, though some can take full shade giving the home gardener more options for use in the landscape. Flowering shrubs are also being used more in mixed containers with annuals, perennials and ornamental grasses and also are great at attracting butterflies and birds.

With so many terrific plant groups with pink flowers, suggestions to enjoy in the home landscape have to include; Azaleas, both deciduous and evergreen, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Blueberries and Cranberries which are being selected for ornamental qualities; Butterfly Bush, Camellias, Crapemyrtle, Rose of Sharon, Rhododendrons, natives, non-natives and hybrids; a number of Spirea species, cultivars and hybrids and many different Viburnums.

Don't forget about roses when you are considering pink flowered shrubs. A huge movement in rose breeding is bringing pest-free and disease-free landscape roses. To get a flowering shrub that flowers spring through frost and is low maintenance is exactly what today's busy homeowners are looking for. 

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