Pretty in pink: Perfectly pink indoor and outdoor plants

Lots of us want to include our favourite colour in our garden. One of the top colours to include in gardens both indoors and out right now is pink! Pink is also popular for plants where a garden wedding will be held. There are plenty of pink indoor and outdoor plants to choose from.

A quick way to add your favourite colour is with annuals, including petunias and cornflowers (spring, summer and autumn) and cinerarias, pansies and primulas (autumn, winter and spring). Bulbs including pink varieties of tulips and hyacinth can bring splashes of spring colour to gardens. Select the colour you like and plant it in key spots in the garden or in a container as a colour accent.

For longer lasting colour, look to flowering perennials or shrubs with pink flowers. For colour throughout the year, choose plants with colourful foliage including tones of pink.

Top pink indoor and outdoor plants

See our selection below of indoor and outdoor plants with pink flowers and foliage so your garden can look pretty in pink all year round. Once you have a few key plants, look for new varieties to extend your pink look and also include plants that tone well with pink including plum, blue, white, apricot and shades of green.

Pink indoor plants

• Cyclamen
  Flowers from pale to bright pink with main flowering in autumn and winter. Select a brightly lit spot away from heating or air-conditioning. Water when dry and avoid watering foliage. Click to shop.
• Anthurium
  Look for varieties with pastel pink flowers. Very long-lasting flowers throughout the year. Best flowering when plants are in brightly lit spots. Can also be grown outdoors in warm climates. Click to shop.
• Orchids
  Many orchids have pink flowers including phalaenopsis and cymbidium. Expect flowers in winter and early spring. Click to shop.
• Zygocactus
  Bright to pale pink flowers in autumn and winter. Display indoors in a brightly lit spot in flower. Best outdoors in a sheltered spot when not in bloom. Click to shop.
• Pink foliage options
  Philodendron ‘Pink Princess’, Fittonia ‘Pink’, many Caladium varieties, Syngonium ‘Neon’ have pink variegated and patterned leaves. All do best in bright light but not near hot sun coming through a window which can burn leaves.

Popular pink indoor plants include (clockwise from top left) cymbidium orchids, anthuriums, cyclamen and phalaenopsis orchids.

Pink outdoor plants

• Pink flowering perennials, shrubs and small trees for sun
  • Roses (spring to autumn). Click to shop.
  • Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ or ‘Pink Alma’ (spring).
  • Grevillea ‘Pink Pearl' (flowers throughout the year). Click to shop.
  • Prunus and other blossom trees (late winter to spring). Click to shop.
  • Azaleas (late winter to spring). Click to shop.
  • Camellias (late summer to spring depending on species). Click to shop.
  • Dipladenias and mandevillas (summer).
  • Deciduous magnolias (winter to early spring). Click to shop.
  • Hebe ‘Pretty In Pink’ (spring to autumn). Click to shop.
  • Crepe myrtle (late spring to autumn). Click to shop.
  • Pink spiraea (spring to autumn).
  • Diosma (spring). Click to shop. 
  • Dreameria (Armeria Dreameria range). Click to shop.
  • Geranium ‘Big Pink’. Click to shop.
  • Dahlias (summer to autumn). Click to shop.
  • Belladonna lilies (late summer to autumn). Click to shop.
  • Pink nerines (autumn to winter). Click to shop.
• Pink flowering shrubs and perennials for shade
  • Daphne (winter). Click to shop.
  • Hellebore (pink varieties, winter to early spring). Click to shop.
  • Pink violets (winter)
• Pink foliage perennials and shrubs
  • Hypoestes, also known as polka-dot plant or freckle face (pictured in header above). Click to shop.
  • Cordyline rubra. Click to shop.
  • Cordyline ‘Electric Pink’. Click to shop.
  • Loropetalum, also known as Chinese fringe tree (pink foliage forms). Click to shop.

Popular pink outdoor plants include (clockwise from top left) hellebores, azaleas, camellias, bottlebrush, crepe myrtle and Cordyline rubra.