Thanks, Neal. The pink family is the worst for color harmony in the garden. Your experience with mail order companies is not uncommon and I see it as a problem with the photos online. These companies cannot possibly grow and photograph each flower so they have to rely on photos supplied to them. We, the customers, end up with big disappointments.
This was the worst "pink" ever and I did dig it out and pot it up separately because the label was certainly wrong! I purchased it locally, as a bulb, so had to rely on the packaging.
The classic was of dealing with it is to remove the offending flower but more will appear and with a poppy you've waited for three years, it isn't a good answer.
Pink in the coleus family is a totally different pink than in the caladium family and petunias are another source of conflict. So much of color harmony is trial and error.
What was your solution for your color conflict, Neal?
