Birthday pinks

I had to buy a pot of pinks for my birthday, especially as it was also Father's Day. These though were not quite the old fashioned sort I would have preferred and they went by the unlikely name of 'Pop Star'.

For those who don't know the story, my parents waited ten long years to have me and my father said he would wear a pink or white 'pink' in his buttonhole on the day I was born - indicating to the world whether he had had a girl or a boy. Always after he wore a pink 'pink' on this special day.