British Garden Pink
Floral Designer Simon Lycett rocked the world with gorgeous florals of the British Garden Pink, and delivered delicious arrangements good enough to eat, for British Flowers Week at New Covent Garden.
Modern garden pinks belong to the dianthus family of plants which are native to the mountains of Europe and Asia.
The Greek botanist Theophastus (371-287 BC) gave the dianthus it’s name: dios meaning divine and anthus meaning flower.
Pinks have been cultivated for hundreds of years, since before the time of Elizabeth I. Pinks were known as feathered gillyflower in the 16th century. They are referenced by Shakespeare in a Winter’s Tale.
Fascinating! It seems that pink meaning flower predates pink meaning color!
