White color expands the space and fills it with a feeling of lightness, so decorating the garden with white flowers is a great idea. White petals harmonize with green leaves and create a composition with multi-colored varieties. Flowers can be used in flower beds and bouquets and as decorative elements along paths and borders.
You can plant not only beautiful perennial flowers, but also shrubs. Some varieties of fruit plants have white buds during the flowering period. This method of garden design is popular in design. There is no need to be afraid of monotony; the white palette comes in many shades.
Bulbous
Among the bulbous plants with beautiful white flowers, the lily is famous. The flowers in the garden grow tall and look impressive. When they bloom, the garden is filled with a scent that white lilies retain for a long time. Lily comes in several varieties; you can choose flowers of any shape.
Tulips are also bulbous plants. Beautiful white tulips bloom in the garden in the spring, but the plant's bulbs must be planted in the fall.
If there are not enough tall flowers for the garden composition, you need to plant gladioli. White varieties are full of splendor, the flowers are devoid of monotony and can be used in the garden.
Rose
It is not for nothing that the rose is considered the queen of the garden. This flower combines lush splendor and sophistication at the same time. White roses look especially elegant. The flower size of this crop varies depending on the species. The largest buds are produced by the hybrid tea rose; the diameter of its flowers reaches 14 cm. The bushes themselves grow in height from 0.5 to 1.5 meters.
Floribunda is distinguished by the fact that its buds are collected in lush clusters. Flowers are semi-double and double. Climbing roses are placed in a separate class. To grow, they need strong support, as the shoots can reach several meters in length.
White ground cover roses are considered the most frost-resistant; they can be safely planted even in northern regions. Flowers not only look great, but can also produce a pleasant aroma with classic, fruity and spicy notes. Many varieties of roses bloom in 2 waves.
Perennial flowers
Beautiful perennials have been used for garden decoration for a long time, but they need good care. To ensure large buds, plants with white flowers must be thinned out and fertilized.
Stems with leaves must be cut off before frost. This is how perennial flowers in the garden endure winter better and grow more beautiful.
Delphinium is a typical representative of perennial garden plants with snow-white flowers. When planting, it needs to be given a well-lit place in the garden. Delphinium has beautiful small light flowers that look like eyes.
Small, beautiful flowers add splendor to a garden when planted in a continuous carpet. This is how unusual flower arrangements are made in the garden, and alpine slides are organized in areas.
The most beautiful perennials in the garden are white rose bushes. But white roses get sick, and the bushes need careful care from the beginning of planting. The rose is available in varieties with large and small inflorescences and leaves, it is suitable for decorating any space in the garden.
Choosing herbaceous plants in white colors
The White Garden is beautiful at any time of the year. You just need to choose the right plants to decorate your site, taking into account the assortment available in your arsenal and the climatic conditions prevailing in your area.
One- and two-year-olds
In the plant world, white is not uncommon. We see it every spring, enjoying the blossoming of trees, under the canopy of which picturesque meadows dotted with snowdrops are hidden.
Primroses are the first to greet the fine days, basking in the gentle spring rays: snow-white crocuses and miniature double galanthus bloom like bright stars on the bare ground.
A little later, the bulbous primroses will be replaced by delicate lilies of the valley, decorated with miniature light bells, and cute Alba primroses.
In spring, alyssum, which is also known as marine lobularia, will be an elegant decoration for a rock garden or alpine slide. An unpretentious, low-growing annual with small oval leaves and tiny flowers collected in dense clusters, it will delight you with flowering throughout the growing season.
Alyssum, belonging to the Tetra schneereiben and Carpet of snow varieties, looks unusually beautiful, the caps of which gently sway when the wind blows.
Having planted tulip bulbs in the fall, you can enjoy the beauty of these marvelous flowers in the spring months. Among tulips, the petals of which are painted in white shades, the following varieties are famous for their special decorativeness: White Parrot, White Marv, White Triumphator, fringed Daytona.
In early May, whole glades will bloom with ground covers: perennial carnation and Caucasian arabis. Against the background of delicate spring greenery, the Turkish carnation will look interesting, the fringed-cut petals of which spread a subtle, delicate aroma throughout the garden.
Among the varieties of Turkish carnations, many gardeners especially love Albus or Dianthus plumarius for their decorativeness and ease of care.
Ground covers will pass the baton of flowering to herbaceous peonies and irises. Against the background of green foliage, handsome irises with corrugated flowers of the following varieties look unusually impressive: Jayceetee Grosvenor, Arctic Express, Sword-shaped, Mesmerizer Byers.
Beloved by many gardeners, violet is famous for its variety of shades. But thanks to the efforts of breeders, monochromatic varieties, for example, “White Crystal,” can also be found on sale.
Ageratum will delight you with 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 tones look great against the backdrop of silver and blue-gray conifers with their needle-like foliage
As a background for a flower arrangement, you can safely choose: thuja, spruce, brilliant cotoneaster. Silvery conifers can highlight the cool elegance and sophistication of white-flowering plants.
Perennial flowering species
The middle of summer is rightfully given over to the power of blooming roses. You can safely dedicate the entire garden to roses, and it will only benefit from this: a picture featuring these unusually beautiful flowers turns out picturesque, bright and memorable.
Roses look equally impressive both in the design of flower beds and borders, and as hedges dividing the area into zones
White roses look very beautiful as elements of vertical gardening. Climbing roses can be planted on trellises, arches and pergolas, creating green covered arcades that give a pleasant feeling of security. The following varieties are perfect for decorating alpine slides: Swany, Kent, Sea Foam.
Perfect for a white garden:
- Bourbon roses Boule de Neige with fragrant full-double flowers;
- polyanthus roses Yvonne Rabier with medium-sized flowers;
- musk roses Trier and Prosperity with fragrant flowers in creamy white shades.
In the carpet flower garden, be sure to plant chickweed, chickweed and saxifrage. Ground cover varieties with miniature flowers look advantageous in combination with decorative white gravel.
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When forming a monochrome flower bed, focus on the range of textures in the plant composition. Let the flower garden be filled with plants that differ noticeably in the shape of their leaves.
If, when creating a variegated flower bed, such texture will go unnoticed, then in a monochromatic flower garden it will catch the eye, like a “3D” effect
Aconites and large-flowered daisies can transform even the most inconspicuous corners in the garden. These amazing crops are ideal for creating landscape gardens with a forest character, which are characterized by mystery and mystery.
Daisies will bloom in the summer months, and large aconite inflorescences will decorate the garden with majestic “candles” at the end of the season.
Don't 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 don’t need to be particularly sophisticated in coming up with complex compositions. Plants will look great both in flower beds paved with stones and along fences.
By choosing hanging varieties, you can decorate hanging pots with flower garlands. Floral fragrant “clouds” will be a worthy decoration for a gazebo, veranda or terrace.
The grayish shades of the openwork foliage of Cineraria maritima, lovingly referred to by gardeners as “silver dust”, will help to dilute the white “blanket” 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 tint and carved leaves of the plant can favorably emphasize the color of the flowers and set off the greenery that frames them.
The beautiful lilies deserve special attention. Royal trumpet lilies, Asian and oriental hybrids can easily tolerate mid-latitude conditions.
Lilium candidum is one of the oldest species of white lily, to which Hippocrates attributed divine origin and healing properties.
Airy snow-white clouds in a sunny flower bed form numerous gypsophila flowers. For the lightness and weightlessness of the miniature, bead-like flowers, gardeners nicknamed the ground cover “the bride’s veil.” Among the decorative varieties, the most attractive are Bristol Fairy with double white flowers and Monstrosa.
The branched stems of low-growing gypsophila, reaching a height of 20-50 cm, are decorated with paniculate inflorescences of light shades, framed by graceful foliage
Lush flowering in white tones in the summer months will be ensured by:
- calimeris notched;
- bellflower Grandiflora Alba;
- catnip Nepeta x faassenii;
- delphinium Casa Blanca;
- Silver Queen wormwood.
With the onset of autumn, you can maintain your palette using the “queens of the autumn ball” - chrysanthemums. It is believed that unusually beautiful flowers can prolong life. But this perennial is revered among gardeners for its ability to revive the garden in the autumn, making it play with new colors even when there is already snow on the ground.
According to Chinese legend, the reigning monarch of ancient times was able to live for more than seven hundred years thanks to the dew from chrysanthemums he drank.
The perennial aster is loved by many gardeners for its delicate flowers, which, like the strokes of an artist’s brush, paint the garden in light shades. Its snow-white hemispheres look great not only in a flowerbed, but also in a bouquet. The varieties of tall aster Agleni, whose branches are abundantly strewn with small white flowers, and Weisser Schirm deserve special attention.
The delicate panicles of astilbe will be a worthy complement to the delicate flowers of the aster. 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 a white garden will be:
- Japanese anemone Wirbelwind;
- phlox paniculata White Admiral;
- yarrow Achillea decolorans;
- Echinacea purpurea Alba.
All of the proposed types of crops are famous for their abundance of flowering and ease of care. Therefore, it will not be difficult to compose compositions adhering to the flowering dates. In case of difficulties, you can always play it safe by adding variegated leaves to your compositions. Heucheras, comfrey, hostas, and lungworts can successfully cope with this task.
The white-edged hosta can become the “princess” of any flower bed, giving the composition a touch of sophistication and elegance.
Hostas forming airy “cushions” will visually soften the transitions between colors, bringing harmony to the composition. Variegated foliage interspersed with blue, gray and silver will highlight the whiteness of the delicate flower petals.
Flowering shrubs
Shrubs along paths look beautiful and give your garden a luxurious look. Peony is popular in every area; its large petals and leaves deprive the garden space of monotony. At the end of the season, flowers should be cut and bouquets made that will also delight.
Spiraea is a plant with white flowers. The name is known to those who like to create group compositions along the paths of the plots. Among the ornamental plants for the garden, the perennial weigela is common. It has inflorescences of an interesting tubular shape.
On the site you can plant a flowering tree - lilac with snow-white flowers. Peonies bloom with lilacs at the same time, and the garden is filled with an aroma whose splendor cannot be described. If you plant a flowering tree with leaves in the garden, it can be used as a shelter. Often an alley along paths is organized in the garden. This saves from monotony and decorates the garden space.
The viburnum bulldonezh tree also attracts with its large light inflorescences. It is better to trim the bushes, giving them a beautiful shape. These perennials can be used to decorate garden objects. Some bushes are planted near gazebos and garden fences. Climbing perennials become an extension of the garden composition, and when they bloom, they add splendor to your garden.
Clematis
Clematis is a favorite of many summer residents. The liana looks simply luxurious if its shoots are beautifully distributed on a trellis or pergola. The most common white clematis is “Jerzy Popieluszko”. This variety blooms all summer - from June to September. Flowering occurs on last year's shoots, which must be securely covered for the winter to preserve them. The liana reaches the peak of its beauty at the age of 5.
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Popular varieties of white clematis include: "Fargesioides", "Summer Snow", "Arctic Queen", "Bella", "Cassiopeia". “Joan of Arc” looks very impressive; the cultivar belongs to the group of giants. Small-flowered varieties look no less impressive and have a delicate aroma; their shoots do not cling to the support on their own, so they require a garter. The best place to plant clematis is in an area with light shade. The culture is unpretentious in care.
White annuals
Not only white perennials are used when decorating a space. Annual decorative flowers and plants also participate in planting. Although the flowers die off in the fall, in the summer they are placed in flower beds, where they remain beautiful and can be enjoyed throughout the flowering period.
Spring
The snowdrop is considered the most springlike. It grows first, then other white bulbous plants bloom, and the time comes for beautiful spring fruit trees and bushes. White tulips create a spring mood in the garden.
When organizing beautiful minimalist areas in the garden, annual spring plants with small white flowers are used for uniformity. They cover the ground well and do not grow large. These flowers include alyssum. This plant blooms in the garden for a very long time.
Summer
In summer, annual flowers and perennials create an amazing ensemble and fill the garden with their aroma. A flower called petunia smells pleasant. In summer it blooms with large beautiful flowers. It is easy to care for, the plant tolerates unfavorable conditions well, and it is necessary to plant it.
The shortest annual plant is called snow-white iberis. The flower size is no more than 30 centimeters. The color of Iberis fully conveys its name.
Dimorphotheca has beautiful white flowers, but they seem simple and full of monotony. It looks like a daisy, with the same center and small petals, but it blooms longer.
If small flowers are not suitable for decorating areas, you can take larger flowers. Datura has large white buds. The shape of the flower resembles a bell. The dimensions of the datura can be more than a meter. It is better to place flower beds with it near the fence and borders.
Autumn
Ageratum blooms until mid-autumn. The color of its flowers does not change for a long time. Some perennials are used as annuals. These flowers include winged tobacco. Only white buds can delight with aroma, and colored tobacco has no smell. Tobacco is popular for planting in clubs. Sometimes other flowers, plants and bushes can be used with it to avoid monotony in the design.
Asters are characteristic of autumn. They also come in white. As a rule, these are large flowers.
Until the end of autumn, bushes of a plant called osteospermum can be used. The description of the plant is similar to that of chamomile. Osteospermum inflorescences also have a center, but are blue. The bushes reach large sizes and tolerate frost and heat equally well.
Features of flower beds made of white perennials
Each color has its own magic, evokes certain emotions and states of mind. But, perhaps, the majority associates only one thing with lightness, elegance, grace and purity - white. Beds of white flowers visually expand the garden area and bring a feeling of lightness and airiness. Landscape designers advise designing them in recreation areas, near a gazebo or pond. Then, during your walks, you will be able to enjoy the magnificence and radiance of white to the maximum, your state of mind will become calmer and more peaceful.
However, it is a mistake to think that designing a one-color flower bed is quite easy. With a competent design approach, you should take into account universal tips for creating flower beds, and recommendations that will help harmoniously embody the idea of monochrome.
When developing a flowerbed plan, you need to take into account the following nuances:
- White flower beds look advantageous against the contrasting background of hedges or trimmed lawns. But you should avoid light-colored buildings and fences.
- When choosing white perennials, you should take into account their requirements for soil quality, lighting, and frequency of watering.
- Perennial plants should make up at least 50% of the total number planted in the flowerbed. Annuals will be an important addition as they have earlier and longer flowering periods.
- The structure of a monochrome flower garden should have 3-4 tiers. In the lower part, decorative grasses should be actively used, and in the highest part, vines, shrubs or trees.
- Plants with different shapes of flowers and leaves should be placed nearby to avoid visual monotony.
- It is recommended to plant at least three specimens of the same species.
- It is necessary to take into account the time of budding of plants. At least two species should bloom in the flowerbed at the same time.
Attention! In the first year, you will only be able to create a “test sketch”. The result can be assessed no earlier than after 2 seasons, and all its splendor can be seen after 3 years.
Chrysanthemum
The perennial blooms in early autumn and decorates the area before the arrival of frost. There are many types and varieties of chrysanthemums with white inflorescences. These flowers are often used for cutting, and then they decorate the interior living space.
In addition to pure white chrysanthemums, there are varieties where the snow-white color of the petals is combined with cream. The varieties look very nice: “Polar Bear”, “Magnum”, “Joy”, “Snow White”, “White Stars”, “Umka”. Many of the chrysanthemums are compact in size, making them suitable for container planting.
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These flowers are so perfect that they do not require framing by other representatives of the flora. Chrysanthemums look best when planted alone against an emerald lawn. The “wow” effect will be achieved by a combination of white flowers and their relatives in a contrasting shade.
Hydrangea
Hydrangea can be considered a classic plant for garden decoration. All representatives of the culture are large in size and require a lot of space for planting. The bush grows not only tall, but also spreading. White varieties include representatives of two varieties of hydrangea - tree and paniculate.
“White lady” and “Grandiflora” look interesting. The inflorescences of the plant are simply gigantic in size - up to 25 cm. The plant blooms in mid-summer and continues to bloom until frost. In winter, it is better to cut off the inflorescences, since under the weight of snow they can break off, damaging the shoots.
The blossoming flowers are initially snow-white in color, and then acquire a greenish tint. A prerequisite is planting in acidic soil. It is advisable that on the north side the bush is protected from the wind by buildings or a fence. Hydrangeas also like the sun.
Iberis evergreen
Iberis belongs to the genus of subshrubs. The perennial barely reaches half a meter in height. The plant has decorative not only flowers, but also leaves. Snow-white Iberis blooms in the spring, flowering lasts about 8 weeks. With good care and favorable weather, the plant can give a second wave of flowering in August.
Spectacular white varieties include: “Snowflake”, “Appen-etz”, “Weisser Zwerg”. Iberis flowers smell pleasant. Despite the fact that the buds are small, the bush looks like a white fluffy cloud, because there are a large number of inflorescences on it.
The bush blooms for the first time in the second year after planting. The evergreen Iberis “Tahoe” blooms its flowers before everyone else. Its flowering begins in April. The plant fits perfectly into any composition and looks great when planted alone.
