Pink flowers
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Pink flowers are used as a symbol of love and awareness. For decades, pink flowers have been used to decorate weddings as a symbol of love.[1] They can also be used as a display of love at funerals, as demonstrated at the funeral for Anna Nicole Smith.[2][3]
More recently, pink flowers have come to symbolize breast cancer awareness.[4]
They may also be used as an expression of thanks,[5] or just enjoyed for their aesthetic beauty.[6][7]
Species
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Species of pink flowers include:
- Allium (flowering onion)[8]
- Alumroot or Coralbells
- Aster
- Astilbe[9]
- Azalea
- Begonias[10]
- Bougainvillea
- Butterfly bush[11]
- Camellia
- Carambola tree (starfruit)
- Cosmos
- Cranesbills
- Carnation
- Cherry
- Japanese Cherry
- Clematis[12]
- Clover
- Coneflower (Echinacea)[13]
- Cypripedium acaule (lady's slipper orchids)
- Dahlia[14]
- Dianthus family (carnation, pink, and sweet william, and especially garden pink, whence the colour got its name)
- Flowering plum tree[15]
- Hollyhock
- Hibiscus[16]
- Hyacinth[17]
- Hydrangea[18] growing in alkaline (basic) soil
- Lotus
- Saucer Magnolia
- Mallow
- Forget-me-not (Myosotis)
- Oleander
- Orchid
- Oxalis or Shamrock
- Oriental lily[19]
- Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy)[20]
- Peony / paeony[21]
- Petunia
- Phlox
- Evening Primrose
- Rhododendron and Azalea[22]
- Roses[23]
- Rose Campion
- Sabatia angularis (rosepink or bitterbloom)
- Sea thrift or Sea pink
- Tulips[24]
- Vinca
References
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