Today is all about pink flowering plants that are heat tolerant.
Pink is my favorite color by far! If I wasn’t married, I would have one of those totally pink homes inside. My dream kitchen would be retro 1950s vibes with all pink appliances!
I also love pretty pink flowers. Almost all the flowers in my garden are pink! I just can’t seem to help it 🙂 This is the time of year everyone wishes they had gone with a more heat tolerant plant. Sometimes I get carried away at Lowe’s and just want to buy all the pretty flowers. I usually learn the hard way, but most don’t survive the VERY LONG Texas summer that is usually very dry too.
Since I love pink, I wanted to share with you some of my all-time favorites. This list is full of tried and true pink flowering plants that are heat tolerant. Some of these are also great options for long term shade in your yard!
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9+ Pink Flowering Plants That Are Heat Tolerant
Crepe Myrtles
Talk about a hearty plant! Crepe myrtles are not only heat tolerant, but they are really drought tolerant too once they are established. I have a massive one in my front yard that shades just like a tree!
You can buy almost all sizes of these, and you can even have them in pots. I had a little one on my balcony for years when I lived in an apartment.
Depending on your climate, make sure you check with your nursery to see what the best time to plant is. The picture below is one of mine in the front yard. This is a light pink, but I also have a dark pink one. They are both so pretty!
Geraniums
After ten years of growing these, I can honestly say they are the most heat tolerant potted plant I have ever had. I used to be terrible about watering when I was younger, and always forgot to water my geranium. It didn’t faze it one bit.
I have dozens of these in pots all over my yard because they are so heat tolerant. They actually prefer less water too. Check out my important summer tips just for geraniums that has helped many readers keep theirs alive even in 100 degree weather.
Hibiscus
This tropical pink flower is another one I am crazy about. They do require more water in pots, but they can sit in the hot sun without any problems. A few summers ago we had temperatures 112 + every day for 45 days (it was a record) and my potted hibiscus thrived the entire time. I lived in an apartment during that time too, so it was on the balcony without any options to move it around. Be sure to read my tried and true hibiscus tips, plus how to plant it the right way!
Roses
Pink roses are the best! Roses do well in Texas because they are so tough in the heat. I have lost more roses to flooding and freezing versus the heat. They also grow well in rocky soil with little rain. Pretty much the perfect plant for Texas or other hot climates! If you missed my post on how to grow the BIGGEST rose blooms, make sure to save it for later!
Althea
I don’t personally have an althea, but my parents have had one at least 15 years (picture below), but probably even longer. It has been in the backyard flower bed the entire time without even looking wimpy during the intense heat. This is a purple pink bloom and it also grows into a large bush! It provides a ton of shade for their back windows.
Once it was established, it barely needed any water too.
Mimosa
I get questions about mimosa trees A LOT! This is an actual tree and grows wild all over Texas. It is so beautiful with the softest, prettiest feathery blooms! It does perfect in hot, dry weather. If you ever need a tree for the backyard, this is a fun one to look into. Not to mention, it smells so heavenly.
Lantana
This does well in in hot climates and grows wild around our area. I love it’s pretty multi-colored blooms, but especially the ones that have pink! I have recently started growing Lantana in pots too, and I really love it. In the ground, it doesn’t need much water at all.
If you decide to grow it in a pot, make sure the pot is large with a good drainage area similar to how I potted hibiscus in this one. It can get over watered easily, so mine do best keeping it damp everyday with half sun, half shade.
Verbena
Pink verbena is similar to lantana in looks, but it is another one that does well in the heat. I have never had much luck with them in small pots, but in large pots and in the ground, they do great!
Check out this information on growing verbena. It also has some information on the pink verbena.
Zinnias
These are great pink flowering plants that are heat tolerant! They grow well from seed and don’t need much water once established. Zinnias do great with deadheading spent blooms, so they produce flowers all summer.
I have grown these in pots too, but they tend to do better in flower beds. If you do want them in pots, just make sure it is a large pot with good drainage!
Other heat tolerant plants to look into are cone flowers (more of a purple), honeysuckle, and mandevilla!
Enjoy adding some pink vibes to your yard or patio!!
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I love pink flowers also. When we bought our house 5 years ago, it only had a few plants but they were red. I simply cannot just do away with perfectly good plants! But I so want a garden of pink and yellow again.
🙂 gwingal
My home had many red plants too. I kept them all, but have been adding as many pinks as possible 🙂 All plants are beautiful…but there is just something about pink! Thanks Nikki!!
I love your flowers! Thanks to your great tips, my roses are doing great. The egg shell and coffee grounds are almost miraculous! I think the geranium needs a new location – too much sun, a bit too much water… My verbena loves its part sun, part shade location… Do you have to manually dead head verbena (pluck off the dead flowers)?
That is so awesome!!! I love hearing that ? I manually dead head verbenas and they do pretty well with that!
We have a mimosa tree at our beach house and I love it when it blooms! So pretty!
They have the best and sweetest blooms!
Buganvilia is another on you can add to the list. The hibiscus is my favorite tropical flower but buganvilia grows really well in hot places and makes a nice bush.
Oh I love bougainvillea! We had them all over our neighborhood when we lived in southern California. I remember this fence by our house that was the length of the entire street, was covered top to bottom with it! From far away it looked like a reddish wall. So pretty! They don’t grow well in Texas sadly, our summers are too hot and dry, but our winters are too cold and icy. We just have all the extremes lol. Hibiscus is definitely a great tropical flower!
The only thing I can keep alive down here is hibiscus and it grows like a week! I’ve tried bougainvillea twice and both times I killed it 🙁 I wish I had a green thumb! <3, Pamela Sequins & Sea Breezes
They are definitely persnickety to grow! I miss living in California because everything grew so nice! In Texas, it is constant work keeping them pretty lol
Pink flowers are the best! Roses are so great and really are the toughest things!
I agree! They are the best in extreme weather!
So many pretties! We’ve planted a lot of hibiscus in our yard, and I love watching them bloom even in the heat of summer <3
Green Fashionista
They make the best blooms in the summer!!
You sure are right about the zinnias and hibiscus they love their heat!
Thank you for sharing this with us at TOHOT!
Jemma
They really do love the heat! It is so nice having those pretty options for our hot climate 🙂
Wonderful post for Texans!! I love Mimosa trees….they remind me of when I was a kid. We would pull the seed pods off and pretend to cook them.
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They were one of my favorites as a kid too! I still just love them so much!! Thanks Stacey!
My Granny had a mimosa tree and what fond memories I have of her house and that tree! She also had zinnias (and I do too). The butterflies love lantana and it is on my list of plants I should put in the garden. I used to love Crepe Myrtles until I put in a pond! What a mess my neighbor’s “myrtles” make in the pond! Ah, well … such is life .. and a little shade is nice in these hot temps. Fun post!
There are so many memories associated with mimosas! I love how they remind everyone of their childhood 🙂 I am one of those weird people who love the little crepe myrtles blossoms on everything, the water, sidewalk, yard! My mom doesn’t like them in her pond and thinks they are messy, but I love it lol
I planted a mimosa at our last house and I miss it. It is so pretty when it blooms and the shade is great. Love your other favorites as well.
It really does have the prettiest blooms with the best shade!!
So many of these plants do well here in Arizona. It’s all about tolerating our insane desert heat! Thanks for linking up with Funtastic Friday.
You definitely have to make sure to get plants that do well in heat AND in drought with the crazy weather! I love this list of plants, they do so well in really hot climates and they are pretty too 🙂 Thanks Victoria!
We also had a mimosa tree at my Grandmothers. I always loved it. Thank you for sharing at Home Sweet Home!
They really have the best blooms!!
I absolutely LOVE crepe myrtle plants. They aren’t perennials here in New England, but I love looking at how giant they can get in different parts of the US! I’ve never heard of the mimosa tree! How cool. Thank you so much for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It! Hope you come back & party with us this weekend!
Mimosas are so neat! They smell amazing too! I agree, crepe myrtles are one of my favorites!! Their blooms are beautiful!
This couldn’t be a more timely read for me! We have had record-breaking heat in our area this summer and these would be perfect for the garden! Thanks so much for sharing your list with us at Merry Monday!
These plants are such great options for intense heat! They do great even in our 110 summer days without rain!! Thanks Marie!!
Great choices! These flowers are pretty! My favorite is the geranium and yes, bougainvilleas are also beautiful.:)
I love geraniums so much! They grow great in our hot weeather 🙂
The plants you have selected are great options, except the Mimosa! I consider them invasive weeds in my area (North Carolina). From my experience with these plants from a neighbors yard they seed themselves easily and everywhere. Mimosas have a tap root 2x longer than their body above ground. If you don’t see the little seedlings growing in your flowerbed in a timely manner they are difficult if not impossible to pull out. If your are not successful will removing the entire root you will have it re-growing in not time and bigger! If you chop it down, it will come back, bigger and thcker.
The crepe myrtle is the better option for heat tolerant shade. They are easy to propagate!! Free trees/shrubs if you know someone with a crepe myrtle ask to prune some thin branches early in the morning and take it home to grow!
Happy gardening!
Thank you! We love mimosas in Texas! We have horrible droughts with very little rain, so they can be a blessing for shade. Our horticulture professor in college recommended them for pastures and large land areas because so little can grow here (besides mesquite trees which are awful! Lol ). I grew up with them all around our neighborhood too. So pretty and they smell heavenly! My parents had to chop one down that had grown near the back patio since it was too close. It never grew back, but they always kill the stump when they cut down a tree. I agree, crepe myrtles are my personal favorite! Have dozens around my yard! So pretty 🙂