Best white flowers for your garden



here’s something to be said for the ethereal beauty and purity of white flowers. They provide contrast to the rich jewel tones of a garden, offer a backdrop for the varying shades of green, and add a subtle glow on a moonlit night. They offer even greater visual impact if you design an entire section of your garden around them, preferably in an area where you sit in the evenings so you can enjoy their luminescence. That's we've rounded up the best white flowers right here.

These pretty white flowers work in a variety of garden and landscape settings. Mix and match them however you prefer, but for more formal gardens, roses, peonies, and gardenias can be the stars. Country or cottage gardens shine with butterfly bushes and containers, hanging baskets, or landscape plantings of trailing flowers, such as bacopa and fan flower. And the sweet scents of alyssum and nemesia are best when placed in containers or hanging pots next to a seating area, or someplace where you can enjoy their delicate fragrances.

Gardening Tool Set for Mom
https://www.justhomegardening.com/best-gardening-tool-set-for-mom-delightful-gift-for-mom-gardener

Here are 15 of our favorite white flower annuals, perennials, and shrubs to add pale brilliance to any garden. (Don't forget to check out the best types of flowers for your garden too, along with the easiest flowers to grow.)

1 Lily of the Valley Shrub

Like its namesake, these shrubs have showy clusters of bell-shaped flowers that dangle from the arching branches in late winter to early spring. Lily of the valley needs mostly shade.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 6 to 8

Varieties to try:

White Pearl

Tiki

2 Sweet Alyssum

Tiny blooms on this delicate annual beckon to pollinators. Sweet alyssum looks lovely cascading from containers, window boxes, and hanging baskets, or tucked into a rock garden as a flowering ground cover. Sweet alyssum likes full to part sun and will tolerate a light frost, so you'll enjoy abundant flowers all season long.

How to Revive An Air Plant
https://www.justhomegardening.com/how-to-revive-an-air-plant

Varieties to try:

Snow Princess

Blushing Princess

3 Lobelia

Cascading blooms of this annual will fill your planter in cool weather; newer types tolerate more heat, but still don’t bloom best when nighttime temps stay in the 70s. Trim them up in hot weather, and they’ll revive when things cool down. Lobelia prefers part sun or full shade in hot climates.

Varieties to try:

Laguna White

4 Peony

This shrubby perennial plant with glossy, dark green foliage may require staking to keep its heavy blooms from drooping, but their lush flowers are worth it. The ants which visit the flowers aren’t pests; they’re sipping the nectar. Peonies prefer full sun.

Varieties to try:

Festiva Maxima

Shirley Temple

5 Nemesia

Tons of teeny flowers that resemble baby snapdragons flourish from spring to fall without deadheading (removing spent blooms). This annual tends to do better in pots, though it will tolerate well-drained soils in the garden or in raised beds. Nemesia likes part sun, but does okay in full sun in cooler climates.

Varieties to try:

Sunsatia Coconut

White Knight

6 Petunia

Old varieties of this annual required deadheading to keep blooming, but new hybrids bloom all season without any fussing on your part. Trailing or double varieties are especially lovely in window boxes. Petunias do best in full sun.

Varieties to try:

Blanket Double White

Supertunia White

7 Fan Flower

These annuals are the stars of any low-maintenance garden, as they don’t require deadheading, yet still bloom all summer. Their trailing habit makes them a natural for baskets and window boxes. Fan flowers like full sun.

revive air plant
https://www.justhomegardening.com/how-to-revive-an-air-plant

Varieties to try:

Whirlwind White

Bondi White

8 Rose

Every garden needs at least one rose; they’re not as fussy as many people believe, and many newer roses have been bred for insect and disease resistance. Shrub varieties have a bushy shape and fill in areas beautifully. Many have gorgeous scents too. Roses bloom best in full sun.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 11

Varieties to try:

Radwhite

White Drift

9 Gardenia

Glossy green leaves and creamy white flowers highlight this pretty, old-fashioned garden favorite. Most varieties of this shrub bloom from late spring to early summer. Plant them near patios and walkways to enjoy the scent. Gardenias like part shade.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 to 10

Varieties to try:

Snowy Girl

August Beauty

10 Bacopa

This trailing annual has tiny, round flowers that seem to thrive on neglect. They bloom all the way until frost and like mostly sun.
Varieties to try:

Betty White

Snowstorm Snow Globe

11 Hydrangea

These stunning shrubs range in height from a few feet tall to eight or more feet. The blooms can be tiny like softballs or gigantic like bowling balls. Many types have white to cream-white blooms that last for months. Hydrangeas need sun to bloom best.

Varieties to try:

Bobo

Incrediball

12 Rose of Sharon

When other shrubs are starting to wind down for the season, Rose of Sharon is kicking into high gear in late summer. They work well as a hedge or an accent. New types have a columnar habit, so they take up less space. They need full sun.

Varieties to try:

White Pillar

White Chiffon

edible mushroom growing kit
https://www.justhomegardening.com/8-best-edible-mushroom-growing-kit-plus-growth-tips-for-beginners

13 Angelonia

Some types of this annual, also known as summer snapdragon, cascade, while others have an upright form. They look amazing starring alone in a container, but they also play well with others in mixed containers. Angelonia prefers sun.

Varieties to try:

Angelface Cascade White

Angelface Superwhite

14 Moonflower

As the name indicates, these vining annuals bloom at night and stay open until dawn! Mix them in with morning glories for daytime blooms. They do best in the ground, not pots, and prefer full sun.

15 Butterfly Bush

These shrubs really do attract pollinators, so you'll enjoy blooms and butterflies all at once! This plant ranges in size from two to eight feet tall, so read the label. Prefers full sun.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9

Varieties to try:

Inspired White

Miss Pearl

Arricca Elin Sansone Arricca SanSone has written about health and lifestyle topics for Prevention, Country Living, Woman's Day, and more.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Best steps to start a magnificent garden

Starting a garden is one of the most rewarding things one can do. Whether you're planting fragrant florals or starting a vegetable garden, anyone can benefit from getting their hands a little dirty. But it can be difficult to know where to start. Our steps ease you into gardening and reward you for your efforts with beautiful visuals, delicious flavors, and colorful blooms. 1. Consider Your Options Do you want to plant a vegetable garden? An herb garden? A flower garden? If you choose vegetables and/or herbs for their contributions to your dinner table, identify which ones your family will eat or is willing to try. If you want flowers for their flair, color, and fragrance, decide whether you want annuals that bloom most of the summer but need to be replanted each spring or perennials that have a shorter bloom time but return year after year. All are valid choices but have different maintenance requirements. One bit of advice: Start small until you know what you’re getting into. Ho...
Read more

Tips to design a vegetable garden

While vegetable gardening itself is a fairly easy, enjoyable activity, creating the initial garden takes some work. It’s worth it though, and luckily it only needs to be done once. Be sure to put some thought into your vision for your vegetable garden before you start digging. How Large Should It Be? Start small. Unless you have your heart set on space hogs like corn, start with a manageable sized garden. A garden that's 12 x 20 should give you plenty of variety. Vegetables won’t wait for when it’s convenient for you to get to them. Digging the Garden Measure and mark out your garden space on the lawn. Now comes the really hard work of making a new garden. Do you remove the sod or build on top of it? This is no one's favorite garden chore, but there's no way around it. Your chosen site will probably have grass on it or at least weeds. These must be cleared somehow before you can plant anything. Tilling without removing the grass or weeds is best done in the fall so that th...
Read more

Experts advice for how to make garden?

1 Know Your Region It may sound obvious, but not everything grows everywhere, so what you plant is determined by where you live. “Take a look at the characteristics of your garden area—from the climate to sun exposure,” says Brian Sullivan, Vice President for Gardens, Landscape, and Outdoor Collections at The New York Botanical Garden. “It’s the most important thing to start with because you’ll want to understand the limits and the possibilities.” Talk to someone who works at your local garden center about the best native plants for your region, says Chris Lambton, professional landscaper and host of DIY Network’s Yard Crashers. “These will perform the best with less maintenance.” Gardening Tool Set for Mom https://www.justhomegardening.com/best-gardening-tool-set-for-mom-delightful-gift-for-mom-gardener 2 Test Your Soil To get a thorough reading of your soil’s pH and nutrient levels, send a sample to your local nursery or cooperative extension, suggests garden expert Christy Dailey o...
Read more