Published Friday, July 17, 2009, OK personal/derivative use; link lovethatimage.artsquadgraphics.com.
What are these flowers?
I wish it was easier to find out the name of flowers you don’t know. This one is an oldie; my mom grew it when I was a kid in Queens, New York, in her beautiful garden. It grows well up here in Seattle and reseeds itself. It’s two or three feet tall, and kind of hard to photograph, with deep, brilliant magenta flowers and silvery foliage. I figure magenta is a kind of pink, so I’m including it for Pink Saturday.
Does anyone know the name? I’d be so grateful.
🙂
I know them as ‘Pinks’! They’re a type of dianthus… same species or family or whatever as carnations. I like them too!
I have no idea what they are but I love that rich pink color against the paler green stems.
I only know them as pinks also. They are beuatiful tho, and very harty. They tolerate the Phoenix sun. Finally something you can grow out here. Happy Pink Saturday. Please stop by and say hi as well. I love it when fellow bloggers stop by for a visit. Country Hugs, Sherry
I looked it up in my little book.
Deptford Pink (dianthus armeria)
Pink Family(caryophyllaceae)
They grow from 6 to 24 inches and have a 5 inch flower
They grow from Ontario down to Georgia and west.
I guess that is enough book talk.
Have a good weekend and Thanks for visiting Grampys Place.
I have to let you all know that those are not Dianthus. So many plants DO look similar to others, that’s for sure☺️.
It’s called Lychnis coronaria. It gets much taller than Dianthus and the flower petals are also very different.
Yes, I agree with the other commenters- they are Pinks or Dianthus. How beautiful they are! Happy Pink Saturday!
I have to let you all know that those are not Dianthus. So many plants DO look similar to others, that’s for sure☺️.
It’s called Lychnis coronaria. It gets much taller than Dianthus and the flower petals are also very different.
♥Happy Pink Satuday♥
Really cold (50s) in upper Michigan today with a dark sky. I need all the pink I can get this morning. Thanks so much for helping lift my spirits!
I don’t know the name, but they are lovely.
Wishing you a weekend filled with sunshine and happiness.
I really don’t think they are pinks or any type of Dianthus. Any flowers in the Carnation family have pointy, shiny gray-green leaves and ruffled, maybe spicy-smelling flowers. These are sort of silvery, hairy leaves, and the flowers are very single and flat, and always about one inch only. The leaves a more like a lamb’s ear than a carnation, but are not that. I just do not think they are in the Dianthus family. Any other suggestions?
Thanks for the kind comments. It is a pretty flower and kind of nice photo, at that!
Those are stunning, and you’ve taken a beautiful photo. I’m glad some others are more adept with the species names. I love the color, the stem color, the fuzz, the dark background. This is sensational!
They are Rose Companion. I grow them and the spread, so enjoy!
Please stop by The Old Parsonage anytime, I love company!
Enjoy your day!
Leann
That’s a beauty of a flower. I don’t see them around here in California. You certainly captured them well with the sunlight shining on them and bringing out their pink colors so well…
By the way, great skies you caught for SWF…We actually have clouds in the sky today. Probably it will be a great sunset. Enjoy the weekend.
I don’t know what they are, but they are truly gorgeous! 🙂 Great photo you captured with the sunlight falling over the flowers. I agree with you — many times when I do internet research to try to identify a plant, I come up empty-handed. Quite difficult.
pretty summery shadow! I’ve also seen these same flowers in white as well.
Hi Sara,
They are Rose Campions or (Lychnis coronaria). I often use Google to find flower names that I don’t know by typing in the description. It is easy when there is something distinctive about the flower or plant. In this case ‘magenta flower gray foliage’ did the trick.
Oh, THANK YOU so much, and thank you for the plant-finding tip. That is very useful!
Looks like you have your answer – but I love them!!
very pretty and though i don’t know its name it looks like flat roses to me!
Hi,
Blog hopping here. I have a lot of those too, they re-seed themselves every year and you’ll see them outside my garden beds. They are striking in groups. I love their flowers and foliage.
I think they are Rose Campions…I’ve grown them in Chapel Hill, NC and here in Nashville, TN…your photographs are locwly.
It’s ROSE CAMPION, not rose campanion! Yes, I forgot but knew as soon as I saw the post above! Thanks to everyone for helping me name this for a fundraiser where I’m donating some of my copious plants–they love to self-seed.
I also used google images and came up with Campion. Have been trying to find out the name of this for years! It’s a beautiful combination of colors and textures.
I was so happy to see that someone knew the name of these. I went for a walk with my girls the other day and found them also in white! I’m going to google it and se if there isn’t a listing of the white variety as well. Beautiful photo!