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Definition of Fringed pink
1. Noun. Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers.
Generic synonyms: Phlox
Group relationships: Genus Linanthus, Linanthus
2. Noun. Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringed Pink
Literary usage of Fringed pink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Garden-making: Suggestions for the Utilizing of Home Grounds by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"10 in. June-July. White and pink-ringed flowers on slender stems. Densely tufted
habit. D. superbus (fringed pink). 18 in. July-August. Fringed flowers. ..."
2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"Alps ; or shore plants, such as the fringed pink (D. superbus); and, so far as
our climate is concerned, they are almost at home in lowland gardens. ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"Alps ; or shore plants, such as the fringed pink (L>. superbus) ; and, so far as
our climate is concerned, they are almost at home in lowland gardens. ..."
4. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"10 in. June-July. White and pink-ringed flowers on slender stems. Densely tufted
habit. ^fringed pink, D. superbus. 18 in. July-August. Fringed flowers. ..."
5. Studies in Gardening by Arthur Clutton-Brock (1916)
"It has large fringed pink flowers, very fragrant. It is easily grown among rocks
in light soil with some leaf mould in it, and prefers limestone. ..."
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