The garden, in which white flowers set the tone, framed by the delicate foliage greens, has a special charm. White color, as a symbol of purity, is able to bring notes of tenderness and solemnity into the atmosphere. Acting as an optical mixing of all colors, white accumulates a rainbow in itself, filling the space with power and an extraordinary rise. The landscape design, designed in white tones, creates the effect of a visual increase in space, bringing a feeling of lightness and freedom. What white flowers to choose for the garden in order to create a harmonious landscape and make shaded corners “shine” will be considered in the article.
The idea of decorating gardens in one color palette is not new. Modern designers who set trends in gardening only continue the undertakings of creators who created picturesque plant compositions in the Middle Ages.
Gardens built on the principle of one-color, were widely recognized hundreds of years ago. In the game of halftones and shades, the main role was played by the size and shape of the plants.
Especially magnificent compositions of white flowers look during twilight, when the last rays are reflected on bright petals
In the XVI-XVII centuries in ancient India and the countries of East Asia such gardens were called as "lunar". They got their name due to the fact that at dusk they created amazing paintings from white silhouettes of flowers.
To emphasize the whiteness of delicate flowers and enhance the reflective effect, plant compositions in the garden were supplemented with stones coated with white paint, artificial ponds and sea sand sparkling in the moonlight.
One of the most famous gardens in the world, in which everything is subject to a single color, is the Sissinghurst White Garden in England. It was created at the beginning of the 20th century, but still remains a role model that inspires many gardeners to create their own “living” masterpieces.
Walking in such a garden is a pleasure: tens of thousands of graceful white flowers of various shapes and sizes make this place especially romantic
To decorate the garden, varieties with silver-white bordering on leaves and flowers of various shades of white were used. Its creator, the English writer Vita Sackville-West, managed so skillfully to choose an assortment of flowers of one shade that the composition pleases with a riot of flowering throughout the year.
There is nothing complicated in embodying such beauty in your garden. You just need to decide which flowers with white flowers to prefer and how to make compositions so that the plants, without competing with each other, reflect the general mood.
Choose grassy plants in white colors
The White Garden is beautiful at any time of the year. You just need to choose the right plants for the design of the site, given the assortment available in the arsenal and the climatic conditions prevailing in your area.
One and two year olds
In the plant world, white is not uncommon. We observe it every spring, enjoying the flowering of trees, under the canopy of which are hidden picturesque clearings dotted with snowdrops.
The first to meet nice days, basking in the tender spring rays of primroses: as if bright stars on the bare earth, snow-white crocuses and miniature terry galanthus blossom
Later, onion primrose flowers will be replaced by tender lilies of the valley decorated with miniature light bells, and lovely primrose Alba.
In spring, alissum, also known as marine lobularia, will be an elegant decoration of a rockery or an alpine hill. An unpretentious stunted annual with small oval leaves and tiny flowers collected in dense brushes will delight flowering throughout the growing season.
The alissum belonging to the varieties Tetra schneereiben and Carpet of snow looks unusually beautiful, the caps of which gently sway when the wind blows
Having planted tulip bulbs in the fall, in the spring months you can enjoy the beauty of these marvelous flowers. Among the tulips, whose petals are painted in white shades, varieties are famous for their special decorativeness: White Parrot, White Marv, White Triumphator, fringed Daytona.
Ground covers in early May will bloom with whole meadows: perennial cloves and Caucasian arabis. Against the background of tender spring greens, Turkish carnation will look interesting, the fringed-cut petals of which spread a subtle delicate aroma throughout the garden.
Alban or Dianthus plumarius are especially beloved by many flower growers for decorative and unpretentious care among varieties of Turkish carnations.
The flowers will pass the baton of flowering to grassy peonies and irises. Against the background of green foliage, beautiful irises with corrugated flowers of such varieties look unusually spectacular: Jayceetee Grosvenor, Arctic Express, Xiphoid, Mesmerizer Byers.
Favorite by many gardeners, violet is famous for its variety of shades. But thanks to the efforts of breeders, monophonic varieties, for example, White Crystal, can also be found on sale.
The flower garden will delight flowering from July to October. Decorated with dense fluffy inflorescences, it will retain the color of the flowers until the first frost.
Floral arrangements in white colors look great against the background of silver and gray-blue conifers with their needle foliage
As the background of the flower arrangement, you can safely choose: thuja, spruce, cotoneaster brilliant. Silver conifers are able to emphasize the cool elegance and sophistication of white-flowering plants.
Perennial flowering species
Midsummer is rightfully given into the power of blooming roses. You can safely devote the whole garden to roses, and he will benefit from this: a picture with the participation of these unusually beautiful flowers turns out to be picturesque, bright and memorable.
Roses look equally impressive both in the design of flower beds and borders, and as hedges dividing the site into zones
White roses look very beautiful as elements of vertical gardening. Climbing roses can be run on trellises, arches and pergolas, creating green covered arcades giving a pleasant sense of security. For the design of the alpine slides, varieties are perfect: Swany, Kent, Sea Foam.
For the white garden are perfect:
- Boule de Neige bourbon roses with fragrant full-double flowers;
- polyvalent roses of Yvonne Rabier with flowers of small sizes;
- Trier and Prosperity musky roses with fragrant flowers in creamy white.
In the carpeted flower garden, be sure to plant an asterisk, stalk, and saxifrage. Ground cover varieties with miniature flowers look advantageous in combination with decorative white gravel.
Forming a monochrome flowerbed, focus on the range of textures in the plant composition. Let the plants flaunt in the flower garden, noticeably different in leaf shape.
If, when creating a colorful motley, such texture will go unnoticed, then in a plain flower garden it will be striking, like a "3D" effect
Aconites and large-flowered daisies are able to transform even the most ordinary-looking corners in the garden. These amazing cultures are ideal for creating landscape gardens with a forest character, which are characterized by mystery and mystery.
Daisies will delight in blooming in the summer months, and large inflorescences of aconites will decorate the garden with magnificent "candles" at the end of the season.
Do not forget to complement the flower garden with cute daisies with pompom baskets of The pearl variety and fragrant Snow ball petunias
Petunias are so beautiful in themselves that when creating a picturesque landscape design you do not need to be particularly sophisticated by coming up with complex compositions. Plants will look great both in stone-paved flowerbeds and along fences.
Choosing ampelous varieties, you can decorate hanging flowerpots with flower garlands. Floral fragrant "clouds" will be a worthy decoration of a gazebo, porch or terrace.
The grayish shades of the openwork foliage of the seaside cineraria, with the love of flower growers as “silver dust”, will help to dilute the white “veil” in the flower garden.
Among the popular varieties of seaside cineraria, it is worth highlighting: Cirrus with oval leaves and Silver Dust with carved foliage. The silvery shade and carved leaves of the plant are able to favorably emphasize the color of the flowers and shade the greenery surrounding them.
Beauties of lilies deserve special attention. The conditions of medium latitude are quietly transferred by royal tubular lilies, Asian and eastern hybrids.
Lilium candidum - one of the oldest species of white lily, to which Hippocrates attributed the divine origin and healing properties
Aerial snow-white clouds on a solar flower bed form numerous gypsophila flowers. For the lightness and weightlessness of miniature, like beads, flowers, gardeners called the groundcover "bride veil." Among the decorative varieties, the most attractive are Bristol Fairy with double white flowers and Monstrose.
Branched stems of stunted gypsophila, reaching a height of 20-50 cm, are decorated with paniculate inflorescences of light shades, framed by elegant foliage
Lush flowering in white tones in the summer months will provide:
- Calimeris carved;
- bell peach-leaved Grandiflora Alba;
- Nepeta x faassenii catnip;
- delphinium Casa Blanca;
- wormwood Silver Queen.
With the onset of autumn, you can maintain the palette using the "queens of the autumn ball" - chrysanthemums. It is believed that unusually beautiful flowers can prolong life. But among gardeners, this perennial is revered for its ability to revive the garden in the autumn, forcing him to play with new colors even when snow is already laying on the ground.
According to Chinese legend, the monarch, ruling in ancient times, thanks to the dew he drinks from chrysanthemums, was able to live more than seven hundred years
For delicate flowers, which, like strokes of the artist’s brush, paint the garden in bright shades, many gardeners have loved the perennial aster. Her snow-white hemispheres look great not only on the flowerbed, but also on the bouquet. Of particular note are the varieties of tall aster Agleni, whose branches are abundantly studded with small white flowers, and Weisser Schirm.
A worthy complement to the delicate flowers of the aster will be the astilba's openwork panicles. Spreading branches with spectacular inflorescences feel comfortable even with slight shading.
Among the most famous varieties, it is worth highlighting "Deutschland" with white airy inflorescences and Schtrausenfeder with fluffy diamond-shaped panicles
In late summer, an excellent addition to the white garden will be:
- Japanese Anemone Wirbelwind;
- panicled phlox White Admiral;
- yarrow Achillea decolorans;
- echinacea purpurea alba.
All of the proposed types of crops are famous for their abundant flowering and unpretentious care. Therefore, to compose compositions, adhering to the timing of flowering, is not difficult. In case of difficulty, you can always play it safe, complementing the composition with variegated cultures. Geichera, comfrey, hosts, and lunar wells will successfully cope with this task.
A white-fringed host can become the “princess” of any flowerbed, adding a touch of sophistication and elegance to the composition
Hosts forming air cushions visually soften the transitions between colors, bringing harmony to the composition. Variegated foliage interspersed with blue, gray and silver will emphasize the whiteness of delicate flower petals.
Shrubs and trees with white flowers
In addition to grassy crops, trees and shrubs should definitely be used in the design of the white garden. Successfully planted tall plants are able to "brighten" the most shaded corners of the garden.
Weigel undoubtedly leads in this subgroup. A decorative shrub with tubular buds delights connoisseurs of true beauty. Among the varieties with a white color, Candida, Black and White are especially beautiful. The shrub can grow perfectly in conditions of slight shading, reaching a height of 1.5-2.5 meters.
Weigela with hanging branches is decorated with dozens of tassels of inflorescences that open in early May and adorn the garden for the next 20 days.
Flowering ornamental shrubs are especially pleased with flowering in the first summer month, as if giving an opportunity to grassy crops to rest and gaining strength to bloom in full measure.
From spring to summer, you quietly go to the aroma of a blossoming lilac, which creates a special cozy and romantic atmosphere in the garden. The shrub is ideal for forming hedges and creating multi-level plant compositions. The lilac will look good in tandem with grassy peonies that will bewax with it at the same time.
Panicled and tree-like hydrangeas, blooming "balls" of which can transform even the most ordinary-looking corner, will become integral persons of the summer garden in white tones
Singing an ode to beautifully flowering trees, I would like to highlight the cherry trees, already beloved by many, with its immense openwork, covered with almond and jasmine covered with snow-white "stars", blackberries with textured flowers on arcuate shoots.
In a monochrome garden, be sure to plant a snowman. Berries decorating the hanging branches of a bare bush will bring their bright note to the general symphony of the white garden.
Snowberry shrubs dotted with beads of white waxy berries appear in all their glory with the onset of cold weather
The compositional completeness of the garden in white tones will be given by decorative elements matched to the monocolor: garden figures, benches, impromptu mills and wells. The romance created in the garden will be emphasized by the dumping of white crushed stone.
