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I have had a battle for a few years. Copper pin sounds exotic, but it is a red orange colour that is quite bright but somehow perhaps tinted with a white or yellow to bring it back a notch without any hint at all of pink. So hard to describe!  It does have a more orange inner portion to brighten it up. The colour is not accurate on the photo, it looks a bit bland here and in the group photo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe top pair are Chelsea Red, the middle,  a single Ben Vane and the others could be Henfield Brilliant, Copper Pin or Chocolate Blotch. (There is one of Copper Pin and Henfield Brilliant anyway.) This selection is brilliant orange-red, over a bushy mound of bright green foliage. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA combination can give a nice variation when planted in drifts. 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