Pink Classification

Classification by Flower Types

By From

Doubles. The outer petals should lie flat. The inner petals should lie regularly and smoothly over the guard petals, diminishing in size as they near the centre of the flower. They should form a flat rosette as the centre of the flower, but where the petals are very numerous the centre of the flower may be raised.

Singles. They should have five evenly shaped petals. Petals should lie flat at angles to the calyx. They should overlap sufficiently to prevent any space appearing between them, but so as to observe each other.

By colour

Self. Selfs should be of one distinct colour and have no marks of any other colour, except that a very slight shading at the extreme centre of the flower is allowed.

Bicolours. The two colours of bicolour should be  in concentric rings, the inner one of which may be either small or large. The boundary between the two colours should be clear and distinct. It is desirable for the two colours to contract each other.

Laced. Laced pinks are two kinds (a) white ground and (b) other than white ground. The lacing should form a well-marked eye, from which a narrow band of colour should extends around the petal, leaving a clear patch of ground colour in the centre of the petal. The lacing either extends right up to the edge of the petal, or has a band of the ground colour outside it. Those flowers where such a band of ground colour is equal in width to the band of lacing colour are very desirable.

Fancies. All pinks which are not selfs, bicolour or laced are classed as fancies; for example those with speckles, radial strips or different coloured petals.

Dianthus Fimbriatus Plenus

White Fringed.

White Shock

Sam Barlow. White with a dark centre.

Pink Fringed.

Earl of Essex. A light blossom pink.

Damask Pinks

Named after the velvety appearance of their petals.

All Spice
Damask Superb

London Pinks

Raised by F. R. McQuown during the 1940's they were listed in Allwood's nursery catalogue.

London Delight.
London Girl. Dark crimson with crimson lacing and a white wire edge.
London Glow. Dark crimson with a white edge.
London Lady. Pink with a crimson edge.
London Lovely. A semi double of a white ground with crimson to the eye and laced edge.
London Poppet. A semi double, white ground stained with pale-pink and crimson laced.
London Superb. White ground, pale purple laced.

Painted Lady Pinks

Argus. Single, white ground with maroon eye.
Pheasants Eye.Single or double pale pink flowers, heavily fringed. Deep crimson eye.

Queen of Sheeba.

Solomon. Single deeply fringed. Dark crimson with a lightest of lavender lacing. Also referenced as Ruffling Robin.
Unique. A single fringed. Deep pink to crimson at the eye.

White Pinks

White Fringed. See above.
Fimbriata.
Mrs. Sinkins. Raised by Mr. and Mrs. Sinkins around 1868. Full double, fringed petals, greenish towards the centre and strongly perfumed.

White Ladies.

Laced Pinks

Dad's Favourite. White Edged with chocolate.

Gran's Favourite
John Ball. White and purple-violet.
Laced Hero
Laced Joy
Laced Monarch
Lady Gloria
Prudence. Pale-pink ground, changing to white with deep crimson lacing.