I am not against pink flowers as a principle. It is crude pinks that make me grimace. Soft pastel pinks complements well with the green of the garden (any colour scheme in the garden should take the predominance of green into account,I think... but most of the times this does not happen).I could not resist the David Austin rose "William Morris"; of course I blame the name for this (names means a lot, after all), but I am a bit ashamend to admit the the colour pleases me very much. It lifts a white flower scheme during the the hours of high sun. I love white flowers but they do look flat at midday. Also, it is a warm pink with no blue in it, blue spoils so many pinks, and it complements well with the dark maroon-purples that I tend to favour as accent colours.
The defect of "William Morris" is that while the open bloom is all soft peach and cream, the bud appears definitely magenta. The world is not a perfect place.
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