Monrovia Nursery Flowers that will put gardens in the pink include Pixie Meadowbrite coneflower (Echinacea).

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Pink is more than the name of a color. It's a common term for dianthus, those spicy scented flowers so popular in cottage gardens. Pink also means “the highest degree” as “in the pink of health.” Today, it's also a trendy fashion statement.

• Take time to choose a pink that's right for you
• A coloring book for gardeners
• How to develop your own palette of garden colors

It's a warm summer night. You switch on a lamp and settle into the down cushions of your leather couch to read. Your golden retriever naps on the rug. Curtains sway gently in the breeze. Are you sitting indoors or out? These days, especially in Southern California, it could be either.