The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, March 1, 1962, page 34 (of 43)

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the Pink"

A spectrum of pink—glowing Polynesian Zinnia to palest Canterbury bells, and —a bouquet of forms —hollyhocks to petunias. ILLUSTRATION BY GRAMBS MILLER the Pink" BY JOHN BRIMER quantity ratio. This composition of color will help to tie the whole thing together. In mixing pinks, we must remember that we have warm and cool pinks and that it is not always pleasant to place a lavender-pink next to a glowing salmon, a cyclamen-pink with a rich coral, or a scarlet beside a magenta. It is a good plan to keep to either the warm or the cool side of pink, or else to separate the two with sizeable areas of pastel pink. A little forethought will assure a basic harmony. TAKE YOUR CUE from your pink-flowering trees and shrubs because they are permanent, then build your warm or cool scheme for the flower beds from there. If your garden is new, then you can choose shrubs and trees for the pink of perfection. Some you'll want to consider are: Pink-flowering dogwood or the new near-red one, Cherokee Chief. Crab apples and flowering cherries are available in a vast range—single, double, pastels, and rose-pinks to nearly red—and in heights from a few feet to about 30 feet. The Judas tree (redbud) and saucer magnolia also bloom very early in spring, while tamarix blooms in summer. Shrubs also extend bloom time from earliest spring to late summer with dozens of pink, red, and in-between shades to choose from: weigelas, flowering almond, Carl's viburnum, hawthorn, pink-flowering quince, beauty-bush, butterfly-bush, and the summer spireas, Anthony Waterer, and Billiard's. Among the broad-leaved evergreens—where these are hardy and soil is right—are found myriads of pinks: rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias offer wide choices of colors, heights, and even blooming time. For those in warm climates, hibiscus in rose-pink, salmon, peach, and red are good choices. You can start the garden year with the early bulbs in pink: tiny chionodoxa Pink Giant, scillas in rose-pink, tiny species tulips of many kinds but particularly the cherry red and white clusiana type. There are several daf- Continued on page 27 Suburbia Today, March 1962 19

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