Red Flowers

Plants with Red or Pink Flowers

Plants with red or pink flowers (especially the latter) can be found in many plant families and are a very diverse bunch in our area. Many small, almost prostrate species, typically flowering in spring or early summer may be found, with the rose, crane's-bill and pea families in particular having many species in this colour group.

It is worth bearing in mind that red (usually produced by anthocyanins) can be a very unstable colour in plants and many pink or red flowers fade to whitish long before their petals eventually wither and fall. In addition, white colour forms of red-flowered species are not that uncommon and can cause confusion.

As well as flower colour, it is important to take careful note of the exact petal shape - are the petals rounded, or do they came to a sharp point, for example; are there gaps between the petals or do they overlap; are the flowers solitary, or arranged in spikes or bunches.

Within the colour sections, the pictures are grouped so that similar-looking (though not necessarily closely-related) plants will be near each other. This should help to reduce your search time. To keep things concise, not all species are shown in the colour keys, so you may have to go for a 'best match' to get you through to the next stage of the identification process. Particularly in large families where there are a number of very similar species, a representative species is shown here, but clicking on it will take you to a page that tells you how to tell the more difficult species apart.

Many plants will be obviously one colour or another, obviously five petalled, or obviously a woody shrub, etcetera. But many will be debatable. In such cases, I have tried to imagine how a flower might be perceived by others, especially beginners to plant identification. Generally this results in a plant appearing in more than one place on these pages, but some still remain problematic. In particular, the section labelled 'tubular flowers' contains a variety of flowers that might be considered to fall into that category and these generally have petals that are fused together to fully surround the sexual parts of the flower. But these tubes might be elongate like a pencil, or broad and bell-like. Flowers of two colours are entered under the colour that covers most of the flower, but truly bicoloured flowers may be entered under both colours. Woody plants with green stems that might not be considered woody, are entered under their flower colour or shape, as well as under the woody plants sections.

If you still can't find your plant, you either have something very interesting that you may wish to tell me about, or I just haven't got a picture of it yet - I'm still working on the latter!!

Click on the pictures below to go to the species pages.

No Petals


Burnets - Tight heads of flowers like little 'drumsticks' above compound leaves	Burnets - Tight heads of flowers like little 'drumsticks' above compound leaves	Burnets - Tight heads of flowers like little 'drumsticks' above compound leaves	Meadow-rues - Fine, open heads of many petalless flowers, which may appear reddish due to the coloured sepals


Pellitory-of-the-wall - Masses of tiny red/green, petalless flowers with white tips, crowded at the leaf bases. On walls, cracks in pavement and similar places	Grasses - Pinkish-tinged, petalless florets on slender stems above grassy leaves	Sweet Corn - Pink 'powder-puff' from the top of a solid tube. Plant grown as a field crop, or occasionally appearing as a weed of disturbed ground	Docks & Sorrels - Small, pendant flowers in branched flower spikes


Common Water-purslane - Tiny (hand lens!) flowers in the leaf axils on succulent stems, growing on bare mud close to water	Mare's-tail - Tiny (hand lens!) flowers in whorled leaf axils on succulent stems, growing in water or water-logged ground

Three Petals


Water-plantains - Tiny flowers in a spreading, open head, growing from water or very wet ground	Irises - Three large, rounded petals hanging down, plus three smaller, less obvious petals standing upright in the centre	Milkworts - Small spikes of white, pink or blue flowers, each with the middle petal rolled into a thin tube and with a tiny, pale beard

Four Petals


Poppies - Four broadly overlapping petals	Poppies - Four non-overlapping petals	Poppies - Four broadly overlapping petals in a range of pink/lilac shades with dark blotch at base	Poppies - Four broadly overlapping petals in a range of dark shades with dark blotch at base


Aubretia - Low-growing plants, often trailing from walls	Cuckoo-flower - Pale pink flowers in open heads, followed by prominent seed pods	Clematis - Spring-flowering, vigorous, woody climbers	Rosebay Willowherb - Colonies of tall spikes of four-petalled flowers


Japanese Aucuba - Flowers in open or tight clusters on evergreen bushes	Willowherbs - Petals notched at the tip; flowers with long, narrow bases, elongating even more in fruit	Field Madder - Pinkish-purple flowers in small clusters	Squinancywort - Flowers in small bundles, with recurved petals; in limestone grassland


Cabbage Family - Pinkish-purple flowers in open heads, followed by prominent seed pods	Cabbage Family - Pinkish-purple flowers with darker veins	Speedwells - Pale pink flowers with the lower petal smaller than the other three	Pearlworts - Tiny, petalless flowers with reddish sepals, on creeping, moss-like plants


Clarkias - Upright annuals, the flowers with striped petals and a long, tubular base that becomes the seedpod later	Clarkias - Upright annuals, the flowers with narrow-based petals and a long, tubular base that becomes the seedpod later

Five Petals


Hollyhocks - Large, rounded flowers in a very tall spike	Hollyhocks - Large, rounded flowers in a very tall spike	Campions - Broad, shallowly notched petals on very furry plants	Crane's-bills - Slightly notched petals, above rounded and deeply notched leaves


Common Purslane - Small, rose-like flowers on succulent, creeping plants	Coralbells - Lobes leaves in a basal rosette with many small flowers in an upright spike	Pink Purslane - Bright, shiny spring flowers on succulent plants	Crane's-bills - Low herbaceous plants with palmate leaves, flowers with very narrow petals


Mallows - Flowers with prominent, central spike of stamens	Mallows - Flowers with prominent, central spike of stamens	Crane's-bills - Notched petals, above rounded and deeply notched leaves	Crane's-bills - Slightly notched petals, above rounded and deeply notched leaves


Campions - Broad, deeply notched petals	Primroses - Deep pink flowers with a yellow centre, arising from the centre of a rosette of leaves	Red-maids - Brilliant cerise flowers above narrow, slightly fleshy leaves	Maiden Pink - Petals with ragged edges and darker markings at the centre


Forget-me-nots - Brightly-coloured spring flowers; usually blue	Teaplants - Solitary, purplish flowers on wiry, half-woody stems in hedgerows	Stork's-bills - Bright pink flowers above flattened rosettes of pinnate leaves	Scarlet Pimpernel - Low plants of bare and disturbed ground


Common Corncockle - Notched petals, backed with long, pointed sepals that are longer than the petals	Crane's-bills - Maroon flowers above rounded and deeply notched leaves	Crane's-bills - Bright pink flowers above rounded and deeply notched leaves	Crane's-bills - Pink or white flowers above rounded and deeply notched leaves


Pink-sorrels - Showy flowers above spreading patches of trifoliate leaves	Saxifrages - Showy flowers above moss-like, fleshy leaves	Sea Milkwort - Low stems with fleshy leaves, in coastal habitats	Water-violet - Flowers in whorled clusters on an upright stem, growing from open water


Common Centaury - Bright pink flowers in flat-topped heads on low plants	Common Dodder - Pale pink flowers on leafless, twining stems, trailing over other plants	Purple Loosestrife - Tall, slender spikes of many, narrow-petalled flowers; leaves narrow	Grass-poly - Small flowers, solitary in the leaf axils; rare


Sea-heath - Creeping, ground-hugging plants; uncommon in coastal habitats	Bog Pimpernel - 'Pin-striped' flowers on plants forming low mats in acid bogs	Crane's-bills - Bright pink flowers above rounded and notched leaves	Borage - Star-shaped, nodding flowers on bristly plants; flowers usually blue


Proliferous Pink - Individual flowers open one at a time from a swollen base enclosing several buds	Spurreys - Low plants with fleshy, needle-like leaves. In sandy or coastal habitats	Catchflys - Narrow, notched petals	Fairy Foxglove - Five irregular-shaped petals on small plants growing from walls; rare


Ragged Robin - Petals very deeply cut and ragged	Stonecrops - Flowers in heads with long, obvious stamens, above very fleshy leaves	Marsh Cinquefoil - Dull, dirty red flowers, often misshapen; wet areas	Pheasant's-eyes - Brilliant red flowers above fine, feathery leaves; disturbed ground, very rare


Bedding Tobacco - Petals fused into a narrow tube at the base, in small clusters atop stickily-hairy stems	Red Bistort - Spikes of five-petalled flowers held well above the leaves	Phlox - Showy flowers in shades of red, pink, purple and white, in late summer	Pelargoniums - Stiff-stemmed, succulent plants with coloured leaves and rich red, pink or white flowers


Common Hound's-tongue - Deep maroon-red flowers in unfurling clusters	Common Heather - Five-petalled flowers in showy spikes in late summer, on low, wiry subshrubs, often carpetting the ground on acid heaths	Columbines - Complicated flowers with five petals and five petal-like sepals; petals have long nectar spurs at back	Water Avens - Dull, nodding flowers; wet, shady areas


Caucasian Crosswort - Flowers in rounded clusters at the ends of trailing stems with linear leaves in whorls of 6-9	Cyclamens and sowbreads - Petals reflexed back on themselves, often appearing above ground without the leaves	Cowslips - Flowers in a series of tiers or whorls around an upright stem. Large leaves with crinkled surfaces	Primroses - Early spring flowers in wooded and grassy areas


Maltese-Cross - Rich scarlet flowers in a head at the top of upright, coarsely hairy stems	Crimson Flax - Slender-stemmed plants with narrow leaves and large flowers at the tops of the stems	Spurges - Shrub-like plants with lush leaves and large, rounded clusters of reddish-brown flowers and milky sap	Stork's-bills - Escaping garden ornamental with petals bearing reddish blotches


Pick-a-back-plant - Flowers in slender spikes, each with greatly reduced, spike-like petals	Ivy-leaved Pelargonium - Narrow-petalled, red, white or pink flowers above palmate, slightly succulent leaves

Six Petals


Anemones - Petal-like sepals vary in number, up to 30! Late summer/autumn flowering	Tulips - Bright and showy spring flowers, from bulbs	Gladioli - Six petals free at the top but forming a tube-like flower; several flowers carried in a one-sided, upright spike	Flowering-rush - Showy head of flowers above twisted, grass-like leaves. In water or wet ground


Lilies - Clusters of flowers marked with dark streaks	Tulips - Spring flowering from bulbs, flowers single atop a slender stem	Tulips - Spring flowering from bulbs, flowers single atop a slender stem	Black Ophiopogon - Small clusters of purple and white flowers carried above black, strap-like leaves


Meadow Saffron - Flowers fused into a narrow tube at the base and with six orange stamens in the centre	Glory-of-the-snow - Usually blue but sometimes pink flowers in a loose spike in early spring	Bog Pimpernel - 'Pin-striped' flowers on plants forming low mats in acid bogs	Dog's-tooth Violet - Petals reflexed backwards; flowers singly on slender stem above dark-spotted leaves


Hyacinths - Heavily-scented, six-petalled flowers in a compact spike	Bowden's Lily - A cluster of flowers on a bare stem, arising from the ground with no leaves	Lilies - A cluster of flowers on a bare stem, arising from the ground with strap-shaped leaves	Lilies - Petals reflexed, exposing long stamens; flowers alternate on a tall, open stem


Irises - Three large, rounded petals hanging down, plus three smaller, less obvious petals standing upright in the centre	Marsh Helleborine - Flowers various shades of greenish-red, pink and white in an open spike; rare in wet ground	Common Bee Orchid - Unique, pink, green and maroon flowers in short spikes; grassy areas	Onions & Garlics - Rounded heads of six-petalled flowers, atop long, upright stalks

More Than Six Petals


Aster family - Flowers with many outer petals and yellow centres	Aster family - Flowers with many outer petals and yellow centres; shades of red, pink or white	Salsify - Purplish-pink flowers backed with elongated, lance-shaped sepals	Columbines - Complicated flowers with five petals and five petal-like sepals; petals have long nectar spurs at back


Houseleeks - Eight or more-petalled flowers on succulent stems above a rosette of fleshy leaves. Usually on walls or roofs	Common Soapwort - Double-flowered form	Poppies - Double-flowered forms; flowers nodding in bud, followed by prominent seed capsules	Ross-moss - Pompom flowers on creeping plants with succulent, needle-like leaves


Peonies - Large, showy flowers with floppy, broadly overlapping petals	Columbines - Flowers like little pompoms in branched heads above hairless, three-parted leaves	Tricolour Chrysanthemum - Showy daisy flowers with bands of different colours on the petals and deeply cut leaves	Garden Dahlia - Showy daisy flowers with ornamental petals and pinnate, coarsely-toothed leaves


Cape Daisy - Large, showy flowers, the petals with darker undersides	Cape Daisy Hybrids - Large, showy flowers, the petals with darker undersides

Many-rayed Flowers


Fleabanes - Daisy-like flowers with pink petals	Dewplants & Sea-figs - Plants with thick, fleshy leaves, trailing on the ground or over walls	Asters & Daisies - Daisy-like flowers with pink petals	Tricolour Chrysanthemum - Showy daisy flowers with bands of different colours on the petals and deeply cut leaves


Knapweeds - Tight flowerheads with solid bases and 'fluffy' tops	Burdocks - Tight flowerheads with prickly bases and 'fluffy' tops	Strawflower - Daisy-like flowerheads with stiff, straw-like 'petals' in a wide variety of colours	Strawflower - Daisy-like flowerheads with stiff, straw-like 'petals' in a wide variety of colours

Tubular Flowers (petals fused into a broad or narrow, tube-like form)


Meadow Saffron - Six petals free at the top but fused into a narrow tube at the base	Marvel-of-Peru - Flowers of yellow, orange, pink or red with narrow, tubular base, opening at night	Bindweeds - Showy, trumpet flowers on twining/sprawling stems	Gladioli - Six petals free at the top but forming a tube-like flower; several flowers carried in a one-sided, upright spike


Lilies - A cluster of flowers on a bare stem, arising from the ground with strap-shaped leaves	Balsams - Delicate, hanging flowers with long nectar spur at back	Heath Family - Low subshrubs with small, evergreen leaves and flowers in small clusters	Wintergreens - Small plants with a rosette of basal leaves and a single spike of globular flowers


Deadly Nightshade - Dark maroon, bell-shaped flowers on bushy stems	Foxgloves - Impressive tall spikes of drooping, funnel-shaped flowers, spotted on the inside	Cape Figworts - Clusters of hanging flowers on more or less woody stems	Snake's-head Fritillary - Six petals fused into a bell shape


Heaths - Small bunches of nodding flowers, usually in wet heathland	Heaths - Showy clusters of hanging flowers with dark stamens; plants with needle-like leaves	Heath Family - Hanging pink or pinkish-white, urn-shaped flowers, usually on woody or twiggy plants	Heath Family - Low shrubs with wiry stems


Fumitories - Flowers in loose spikes, arising from a bulbous root in spring	Fumitories - Flowers in loose spikes above ferny foliage; scrambling or trailing on disturbed ground	Peas & Vetches - Flowers solitary or in small clusters, on plants with trifoliate or ladder-like leaves	Tulips - Flask-shaped spring flowers with six, overlapping petals


Common Hound's-tongue - Deep maroon-red flowers in unfurling clusters	Comfreys - Pink flowers in curling clusters	Comfreys - Red buds turn white as the flowers open	Snapdragons - Bright clusters of tubular, two-lipped flowers; any shade of red, pink, orange, yellow or white


Lungworts - Flowers open red and turn blue as they age; leaves bristly hairy, often spotted	Bear's-breeches - Large, upright spikes of showy, two-coloured flowers	Germanders - Flowers tubular at the base, opening to a large, rounded lower lip, but no upper lip to the flower, leaving the stamens exposed	Dead-nettle Family - Flowers with a tubular base, opening to broadly five-lipped mouths


Snapdragons - Tubular flowers with broadened lips forming a two-lobed 'mouth'	Bartsias - Narrowly tubular flowers with a broadened lower lip	Broomrapes - Narrowly tubular flowers in a spike, arising straight from the ground with no leaves or stems	Toadflaxes - Narrow flowers with long spurs at the back, in upright spikes


Louseworts - Tubular flowers with a narrow upper lip and broad lower lip	Figworts - Small flowers on tall stems, maroon, shading to greenish-yellow	Cow-wheats - Purple bracts surrounding tubular flowers	Fluellens - Small, tubular-based flowers with a two-lipped mouth; maroon and yellow


New Zealand Flaxes - Flowers with protruding stamens, carried in clusters on tall, branching spikes above long, sword-shaped leaves	Caucasian Crosswort - Flowers in rounded clusters at the ends of trailing stems with linear leaves in whorls of 6-9	Tongue Orchids - Strange, tubular-based flowers with a long, tongue-like, protruding lower lip with typically 2-8 flowers on a stem	Cape-jewels - Brightly coloured annuals in a variety of colours with a blunt spur at the back of the flower


Pink claries - Narrow, tubular-based flowers opening into a two-lipped mouth	Bleeding-hearts - Peculiar flowers with swollen bases and beak-like tips

Many-flowered Heads


Grasses - An open mass of petalless, pink or red-tinted florets	Grasses - Pinkish-tinged, petalless florets on slender stems above grassy leaves	Honey Garlic - Nodding, bell-shaped, greenish flowers with varying amounts of reddish maroon colouring. On a tall stem from a bulb	Flowering-rush - Showy head of flowers above twisted, grass-like leaves. In water or wet ground


Vervains - Low, clustered heads of five-petalled flowers; any shade of red, purple, pink or white	Indian-rhubarb - Rounded, compact heads of five-petalled flowers, appearing before the leaves	Bergenias - Rounded, compact heads of five-petalled flowers; low, evergreen or herbacous plants	Common Thrift - Five-petalled flowers on a single stalk like a drumstick; coastal habitats


Onions & Garlics - Rounded, compact heads of six-petalled flowers, atop long, upright stalks	Onions & Garlics - Rounded, compact heads of six-petalled flowers, atop long, upright stalks	Lilies - A cluster of flowers on a bare stem, arising from the ground with no leaves	Pokeweeds - Tall, branching perennials with flowers crowded in sturdy, upright spikes


Scabiouses - Tight heads of many flowers, with the outer flowers having larger petals	Chives - A tight head of six-petalled flowers above grassy foliage	Masterworts - Many petal-like bracts around a head of many small flowers clustered in the centre	Clovers - Dense, rounded heads of narrow, tubular flowers; trifoliate leaves


Clovers - Narrow, tubular flowers in a tight, rounded head on hairy plants with trifoliate leaves	Clovers - Narrow, tubular flowers in a tight, rounded head on creeping plants with trifoliate leaves	Pellitory-of-the-wall - Masses of tiny red/green, petalless flowers with white tips, crowded at the leaf bases. On walls, cracks in pavement etc.	Valerians - Many flowers in rounded or flattened heads on upright flower spikes; often in wet ground


Stonecrops - Small flowers in large, flat or rounded heads above very fleshy leaves and stems	Hemp-agrimony - Large, 'fluffy' heads of small flowers on tall, leafy stems; usually in damp ground	Yarrow - Showy, flattened heads in grassy places; feathery leaves	Yarrow - Showy, flattened heads in grassy places; feathery leaves


Elders - Flat, showy heads of many small flowers, above compound leaves	Heliotropes & Butterburs - Untidy heads of narrow flowers, usually appearing in winter or early spring, before the leaves	Thistles - Flowerheads clustered together to form tight bundles of scales with 'fluffy' tops	Mint Family - Clusters of bright pink flowers on plants with heavily sacented foliage


Mint family - Clusters of tubular flowers, opening to a broad, four-lipped mouth; in whorls at the leaf bases	Mint family - Clusters of tubular flowers, opening to a broad, five-lipped mouth; in whorls at the leaf bases	Red Valerian - Large, tiered heads of small flowers with long spurs at the back; often in colonies of mixed pink, red and white-flowered plants	Common Dodder - Pale pink flowers on leafless, twining stems, trailing over other plants


Common Heather - Five-petalled flowers in showy spikes in late summer, on low, wiry subshrubs, often carpetting the ground on acid heaths	Common Centaury - Bright pink flowers in flat-topped heads on low plants	Red Bistort - Spikes of five-petalled flowers held well above the leaves	Common Sorrel - Small flowers with greenish red petal-like tepals, in a spreading, leafless spike


Pinks - Petals with ragged edges and darker markings at the centre	Peas and Vetches - Relatively large, 'blousy' flowers on trailing or scrambling plants with tendrils	Peas and Vetches - Loose, open spikes of 'winged' flowers	Snapdragons - Bright clusters of tubular, two-lipped flowers; any shade of red, pink, orange, yellow or white


Lupins - Tall, showy spikes of 'pea' flowers, often in a variety of colours	Common Foxglove - Impressive tall spikes of drooping, funnel-shaped flowers, spotted on the inside	Gladioli - Six petals free at the top but forming a tube-like flower; several flowers carried in a one-sided, upright spike	Broomrapes - Narrowly tubular flowers in a spike, arising straight from the ground with no leaves or stems


Orchids - Dense spikes of 'winged' flowers	Fumitories - Spikes of tubular flowers, arising from a bulbous root in spring	Fumitories - Tubular flowers in loose spikes above ferny foliage; scrambling or trailing on disturbed ground	Marsh Helleborine - Flowers various shades of greenish-red, pink and white in an open spike; rare in wet ground


Lizard Orchid - Strange reddish/green flowers with elongated 'tails'; in a loose spike. Very rare	Orchids - Loose, open spikes of 'winged' flowers	Hyacinths - Heavily-scented, six-petalled flowers in a compact spike	Persicaries & Bistorts - Dense spikes of pink or white flowers; may be upright or arching


Rosebay Willowherb - Colonies of tall spikes of four-petalled flowers	Loosestrifes - Tall, slender spikes of many, narrow-petalled flowers; leaves narrow	Spiraeas - Showy spikes of tiny flowers, above a thicket of slender woody stems	Orchids - Dense spikes of 'winged' flowers


Mint family - Clusters of tubular flowers, opening to a broad, four-lipped mouth; in whorls at the leaf bases	Bear's-breeches - Large, upright spikes of showy, two-coloured flowers	Plantains - Many flowers in narrow, upright spikes above flat rosettes of leaves; usually in short grass	Heliotropes and butterburs - Cylindrical spikes with tufts of densely packed flowers, arising directly from the ground before the leaves appear


Scabiouses - Tight heads of many flowers, with the outer flowers having larger petals	Valerians - Tiny, five-petalled flowers in dense, flat or rounded heads - similar to elder but not woody shrubs	Caucasian Crosswort - Flowers in rounded clusters at the ends of trailing stems with linear leaves in whorls of 6-9	Orchids - Dense, columnar or pointed spikes of pink flowers with darker spots on an enlarged, lower lip (labellum)


Statice - Branched heads of many, small (white) flowers surrounded by large, petal-like, coloured bracts	Spurges - Shrub-like plants with lush leaves and large, rounded clusters of reddish-brown flowers and milky sap

Woody Trees, Shrubs & Climbers


Poplars - Pendulous 'catkins' of petalless flowers with large red stamens	Willows - Dense heads on bare twigs in spring	Elms - Clusters of reddish, petalless florets on bare twigs in spring	Tamarisks - Masses of slender flower clusters smothering twiggy branches


Japanese Aucuba - Flowers in open or tight clusters on evergreen bushes	Clematis - Spring-flowering, vigorous, woody climbers	Brooms - Broad petals, the upper one the largest, the lower two fused to form a boat-shaped 'keel', on wiry, green-stemmed plants	Currants - Red-tinged, solitary, greenish flowers on low, woody plants


Cotoneasters - Small, five-petalled flowers that barely open, on low bushes with small, tough leaves	Snowberries - Small clusters of small, five-petalled flowers on the ends of branches with rounded leaves; suckering shrubs	Rose Family - Five-petalled flowers with prominent stamens on woody trees and shrubs	Rose Family - Five-petalled flowers with prominent stamens on spiny shrubs or scrambling plants


Teaplants - Solitary, purplish flowers on wiry, half-woody stems in hedgerows	Cherries - Spring-flowering trees with 'pompom' flowers bearing many petals	Rose Family - Bunches of five-petalled flowers with many stamens at the centre	Weigela - Bunches of showy, five-petalled flowers that are tubular at the base


Viburnums - Tubular flowers in showy clusters, heavily scented and emerging in winter/early spring, before the leaves	Lilacs - Large, showy heads of four-petalled flowers on suckering large shrubs or small trees. Flowers varying colours of purple, red, pink or white	Flowering Currant - Drooping clusters of brilliant pink/red flowers on multi-stemmed bushes in spring	Spiraeas - Showy spikes of tiny flowers, above a thicket of slender woody stems


Horse Chestnuts - Tall, candelabra flowers on large trees with fingered leaves	Horse Chestnuts - Tall, candelabra flowers on large trees with fingered leaves	Heath Family - Hanging pink or pinkish-white, urn-shaped flowers, usually on woody or twiggy plants	Cape Figworts - Clusters of hanging flowers on more or less woody stems


Fuchsias - Hanging flowers with very long stamens; various shades of red or pink with purple or white	Honeysuckles - Five narrow petals with prominent stamens	Honeysuckles - Spidery flowers pink in bud, opening yellowish-white, on twining climbers	Mezereon - Highly scented flowers on bare stems before the leaves in late winter or early spring


Rhododendrons - Spreading, evergreens with large, leathery leaves and tight clusters of large, showy flowers	Viburnums - Tubular flowers in showy clusters, heavily scented and emerging in winter/early spring, before the leaves	Escallonias - Evergreen shrubs with bunched heads of flowers in various shades of pink	Escallonias - Evergreen shrubs with bunched heads of flowers in various shades of pink


Honeysuckle Family - Low, suckering bushes with opposite, rounded leaves and tiny flowers in tight clusters at the tips of the branches	Honeysuckle Family - Low, suckering bushes with opposite, rounded leaves and tiny flowers in tight clusters at the tips of the branches	Pittosporums - Evegreen shrubs with shiny leaves and thin, wiry stems	Pink Rock-roses - Evegreen shrubs with hairy leaves and flowers with tissue-like, crumpled petals


Japanese Camellia - Evergreen bushes with leathery leaves and large, showy flowers in red, white or pink	Japanese Camellia - Evergreen bushes with leathery leaves and large, showy flowers in red, white or pink	Red Jasmine - Sprawling climbers with pinnate leaves and small clusters of tubular flowers

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