Whether you just love pink or, like Shelby in Steel Magnolias, appreciate the subtleties of “bashful” and “blush,” you’re sure to find inspiration in this collection of rosy florals. Browse the most popular pink flower arrangements—grand pink centerpieces to modest bedside posies, from the pages of FLOWER magazine.
Frances Schultz says, when you can’t find the perfect container, make one. A wrapping of moss tied with raffia works every time. This arrangement features pink-hued ranunculus, tulips, yarrow, garden dahlias, zinnias, roses, and olive foliage.
See more from the Schultz’s dinner party at their Santa Ynez Valley home.
A blue and white vase filled with pink dahlias complements rose-colored lamp and the custom-colored Bennison fabric adorning the walls in the master bedroom of a New York apartment designed by Ashley Whittaker.
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Hot pinks! Mary Ruth Miller designed this arrangement containing ‘Coral Charm’ peonies, ranunculus, godetia, dichelostemma ‘Red Princess,’ huckleberry, holly fern, and philodendron.
See more arrangements and ideas from the Peony Party.
One of our top Instagram posts of 2020 was this share of floral designer TJ McGrath’s rose-hued, late summer arrangement (@tjmcgrathdesign), photographed by Fine and Fleurie (@fineandfleurie) at Jardin de Buis in rural New Jersey.
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Kate Holt works magic with soft pinks and pale yellows in this combination of parrot tulips, fringed tulips, ranunculus, Japanese sweet peas, California lilacs, honeysuckle vine, and Pieris japonica.
DeJuan Stroud’s flirtatious arrangement of sweet peas and garden roses is sitting pretty, beckoning us, à la fashion editor Maggie Prescott in the 1957 film Funny Face.
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Rosy quince branches spring from a bowl full of peonies, lisianthus, fringed tulips, lilacs, sweet peas, scabiosas, and eucalyptus arranged by Sullivan Owen.
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Kim Starr Wise fills a wooden bowl with Japanese ranunculus, anemones, hyacinths, carnations, hellebores, and garden spray roses in hues of pink.
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Michal Evans combines pinks with lilac (‘André Le Nôtre’ roses, ‘Lavanda’ roses, and ‘Clooney’ ranunculus) in this painterly arrangement for Suzanne Kasler’s home.
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It seems that Charlotte Moss gathered nearly every shade of pink cosmos in a collection of antique blue apothecary bottles.
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Erin Benzakien’s cheerful chrysanthemum design with spidery petals is dotted with light-pink puffs of ‘Peter Magnus’ and anchored with fuller blooms of ‘Norton Vic.’
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Tara Guérard of Soirée, an event design firm with studios in Charleston and New York, shares step-by-step instructions for a fresh summer arrangement.
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Flower Wild’s Kate Holt fills a Tuscan jar with pink and white blossoms (sprays of foxglove, scabiosas, Japanese sweet peas, and Pieris japonica).
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Ingrid Carozzi of Tin Can Studios shares step-by-step instructions for making an all-pink arrangement (in a vintage pink vase, no less).
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“There is something very decadent about turning up to a dinner party with a bowl full of blooms,” says London floral designer Rowan Blossom. Featuring a range of pink tones with pops of red and purple, this arrangement from her book Living with Flowers is decadent indeed.
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Janie Medley of JMFlora Design in Richmond, made this fun, frilly, circlet of blossoms (pink peonies, pink spray roses, pink ranunculus, jasmine vine, waxflowers, feverfew, and yellow ranunculus).
See Janie’s step-by-step instructions to make a flower crown.
Ariella Chezar describes her inspiration for this arrangement, “I am a fool for flowers that shade from one color to another in a single blossom. A good example of this is the marvelous black-eyed anemone, pictured here, that shades from pale pink to purple to white… Once I determined this would be my focal flower, I searched for a worthy complement, finding it in the pinkish-white blossoms and leggy vines of Clematis armandii.”
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A bouquet of peonies, hydrangeas, sweet peas, tulips and roses are ready for a fragrant bicycle ride in Georgianna Lane’s book, Paris in Bloom.
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Multiple varieties of camellia dance in petite monogrammed glass vases from Rebecca Gardner’s collection at a luncheon set in a camellia grove.
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Ingrid Carozzi of Tin Can Studios filled a green glass with ranunculus and sweet peas to make this simple, but lush arrangement.
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Kirk Whitfield said that for this arrangement loaded with pink peonies, “I wanted to explore colors that one might not necessarily consider using together. Texture helps bring the palette together along with the green elements.”
See the step-by-step instructions for Kirk’s arrangement.
Proving that pink doesn’t need to be limited to spring flowers, Sidra Forman whips up a tantalizing fall arrangement of ‘Seaton’s J’dore’ chrysanthemums and ‘Café au Lait’ dahlias.
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A vintage green, ceramic vase filled with pineapple variegated mint stems and pale pink Champagne Celebration fuschia blossoms from Charlotte Moss Flowers.
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Whether clipped from the cutting garden or procured from friends at The Tulip Tree in Nashville (as the peonies seen here were), fresh flowers are a must for Lorie Duke. “They instantly make me happy,” she says.
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New Orleans floral designer Destiny Pinson says, “I use a lot of whites and greens along with fresh herbs during summertime because they are so refreshing, but here I included coral pinks as well to add a cheerful note.”
See Destiny’s step-by-step instructions for this arrangement.
‘Pink Majolica’ spray roses add a rosy blush to Myrtie Blue’s mix of ‘Caramel Antike’ roses, ‘Juliet’ David Austin garden roses, hydrangeas, ranunculus, astrantia, hellebores, loropetalum, coralbells, bunny tails grass, dried poppy pods, dried palmetto, and spirea.
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Catherine Muller’s dusty-pink bouquet, photographed at Le Village Royal in the Quartier de la Madeleine, in front of an umbrella sky by artist Patricia Cunha.
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New York–based floral designer Oscar Mora ushers in spring with a standout arrangement sure to brighten anyone’s day with loads of bright pink peonies, orchids, and sweet peas, plus orange and yellow roses.
See Oscar’s step-by-step instructions for making this arrangement.
A tangle of quince with frothy pink peonies and shot glasses with single peony blossoms anchor a table set with hors d’oeuvres at this Jennifer Boles cocktail party.
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A sherbet-toned centerpiece inspired by the colors of a beloved honeysuckle from Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers by Erin Benzakein.
Read more about this arrangement in an excerpt from Erin’s book.
Celebrated garden designer Butter Wakefield fills her beloved lusterware with pink anemones for a Christmas celebration.
See more of Butter’s candy-colored jewel box of Christmas cheer.
A grand centerpiece by New Orleans floral designer Destiny Pinson, combines ‘Coral Charm’ peonies, viburnum, white tulips, white ranunculus, ‘Clooney’ ranunculus, David Austin ‘Patience’ roses, foraged greenery, and rosemary.
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Jimmie Henslee, who styled the flowers for this photo shoot at Interior designer Trish Sheats’ Fort Worth home, filled clear green vases with Dutch amaryllis, pink dahlias, and hydrangeas.
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A small vase of pink peonies with a rose and star of Bethlehem flowers complement this table setting with the reverse side of a suzani and Coralla Maiuri plates and Mottahedeh’s traditional Tobacco Leaf pattern.
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Eileen Tongson of Farmgal Flowers filled this arrangement with dahlias and fragrant herbs. “Using herbs brings freshness and vitality to arrangements, and the scents trigger memories for people.”
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The floral design and event firm Renny & Reed created this arrangement of pink peonies and lime hydrangeas for a Flower photo shoot at Pineapples, Palms, Etc. in Jupiter, Florida.
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In James Farmer’s hallway, a tall arrangement of pink and coral camellias and greenery creates an impactful focal point.
See more arrangements and ideas from James Farmer’s camellia luncheon.
Pink and peach summer blooms with lacy caps of Queen Anne’s lace fill a blue-and-white pitcher on a tray in Cathy B. Graham’s kitchen window.
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New Orleans antiques purveyor and author Patrick Dunne learned early on growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, to stop and see the roses. He shared memories of a Cécile Brünner rose boutonniere with Flower.
See Dunne’s essay.
Last (but far from least) is Pink, a great Dane dressed for her owners’ wedding. Pink is wearing a flirty pink collar designed by Holly Carlisle using ‘White Majolica’ spray roses, ‘Pink Majolica’ spray roses, tulips, ranunculus and blushing bride protea.
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Produced by Jason Burnett