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The idea of creating a monochrome garden is not new. Recently, it has been gaining popularity, as monochrome gardens look very original.
The use of white in landscape design allows you to visually expand the space. Plants with white flowers attract attention against bright green foliage and enliven the garden at night. Parts of the garden plot intended for recreation can be decorated with perennials with white flowers, creating a “Moon Garden”. This romantic name was given to cozy corners of the garden in which only plants with white flowers are planted. Photo example of a white garden:
When creating your white garden, remember some nuances:
- It is not at all necessary to create the entire plot in white. It will be enough to highlight a recreation area, an area near a pond, with white flowers;
- Use plants with unusual foliage shapes or colors. Such flowers will add semantic completeness to the composition and add originality to flowering perennials;
- Do not plant plants with white flowers against the background of light-colored buildings and structures, as they will get lost;
- When planting, consider the height of the flowers;
- Use additional means for decoration: lanterns, sculptures, flowerpots, benches, swings. The White Garden is filled with romance, peace and is intended for relaxation;
- Use perennials to decorate your white garden. Universal perennials will save your energy and money, unlike annuals, which require material and physical costs annually.
By planting perennials with white flowers on your site, you will give it lightness, airiness and visually expand the space.
Perennials for creating a white garden
Blooming perennials There are a great many white flowers, they will help complement their beauty ornamental plants with unusual leaves, the color of which is white. You can achieve the effect of continuous flowering by choosing plants that bloom at different times for your white garden.
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Spring perennials
As soon as the snow melts, spring perennials begin to delight their owners with touching flowers. See photos of perennials blooming in spring:
Narcissus
Narcissus is a popular perennial that blooms in April-May. A fragile, delicate flower with a pleasant aroma loves light soils. It will grow well in sunny and semi-shady areas of your garden.
Tulip
The tulip, like most spring perennials, has a short growing season. After flowering, its ground part dies. Among the huge number of varieties and varieties, you can choose white tulips for your “moon garden”. Tulip flowers come in very different shapes and types: fringed, double, lily-flowered, peony-shaped.According to the time of flowering, tulips are divided into early (bloom from the end of March) and late (bloom in May and until early June).
Scillas
The white flowers of blueberries are very unpretentious and are among the first to appear after a long winter. Already in the second half of April the plant blooms and its flowering lasts about two weeks. In central Russia, Siberian bluegrass is grown.
The flower reproduces by children. Prefers sandy loam and loam, but with a lot of humus. Can reproduce by self-sowing. To plant scillas on your site, choose sunny places to speed up the appearance of delicate white flowers in early spring.
Muscari
Muscari Alba has white flowers, does not like stagnant water, choose soil for planting perennials that allows water and air to pass through well. Muscari grows with equal success in sunny places and in the shade. Very unpretentious, grow quickly. White flowers look spectacular when planted in masses. They do not require additional attention and can grow in one place for 5 years.
Primrose
Primulas are very diverse, about 500 species of primroses are known. Primrose Arctic, which blooms with white flowers, goes well in plantings with hosta, especially if the primrose is planted in large groups. The perennial reproduces by division. You can try to grow from seeds, but the process is labor-intensive because the seeds require stratification. In addition, the seeds are very small and difficult to germinate.
Lily of the valley
Decorative varieties of lily of the valley are distinguished by large white flowers, which can even be double, and unusual striped foliage, which decorates flower beds after flowering. Lilies of the valley prefer shady areas of the garden. Perennials reproduce by dividing the root.They grow well on loams with a large amount of humus or compost added. After 5 years, the perennial can be replanted.
Summer perennials
Spring perennials are being replaced by summer perennials, some of which begin to bloom in late spring if the weather is warm enough. Among the summer perennials with white flowers There are many that bloom profusely and for a long time. In the photo below are summer perennials:
Peonies
Early varieties of peonies bloom in early June. A perennial flower can grow in one place for decades if its planting site is properly arranged. Peonies do not like stagnant water and grow well in loam. If your soil is heavy, then when planting a perennial, add peat, sand and compost to the hole.
Peonies reproduce by dividing the bush. You can propagate a perennial using a renewal bud. To do this, in the spring, the bud is cut off along with part of the stem and root and planted in prepared soil so that the bud is on the surface of the ground. White peony flowers look impressive and delicate with all the variety of varieties.
Irises
Active breeding work has led to the emergence of a huge number of new varieties of irises. Warty and dwarf irises attract attention with their unusual white color. Many have a unique flower aroma.
Irises begin to bloom in May, but, however, the dates are pushed back closer to the beginning of summer. Therefore, they can easily be classified as perennials that bloom in summer. Plants are propagated by division, 2 weeks after flowering. Perennials prefer soils that are well fertilized and neutral in acidity.
Volzhanka
The flower prefers partial shade. Fountain-shaped flowers rise above the leaves and appear in early June-July.The perennial is quite tall, up to 2 m. Dwarf Volzhanka is preferable for the garden.
Delphinium
The Crystal Fountain variety is best suited for a white garden. White double flowers are located on a long peduncle.
The plant grows luxuriantly and blooms profusely in very sunny areas in the presence of fertile soil. Delphinium does not require transplantation for 5-6 years. You can organize additional autumn flowering; for this you need to cut off all flower stalks after the first flowering.
Nivyanyk
Sometimes it is simply called garden chamomile. Nivyanik blooms from the beginning of summer, for 2 months. The flower is very unpretentious in care, prefers fertile soils, without stagnant water. Among the varieties of cornflower, “Alaska” and “Everest” resemble ordinary chamomile. Varieties “Snow White”, “Snegurka”, “Aglaya” are terry hybrids, more like chrysanthemums. Chamomiles are propagated by dividing the rhizomes.
Autumn perennials
Plants that bloom in autumn take over the flowering baton from summer perennials. Some begin to bloom in summer. Flowering continues in the fall, and some perennials begin to bloom in conditions of shortened daylight hours. Photo examples of autumn perennials:
Bush aster
The perennial flower is very unpretentious. Propagated by dividing the bush in spring. Varieties “Niobea” and “Alba flor plena” have white flowers. Bush The aster blooms at the end of the summer season, when all the flowers have already faded.
Very frost-resistant, can bloom even at the first frost. Grows well in fertile soils, in a sunny part of the garden. They grow quickly, producing many side shoots.
Hydrangea
A perennial flowering plant, often classified as a shrub because it has a woody stem. Hydrangea begins to bloom in summer.The long flowering period ends only with the arrival of cold weather.
Hydrangea is propagated by cuttings, rooted layering or dividing the bush. The most remarkable thing about hydrangea is its small flowers, which are collected in spherical inflorescences.
Astilbe
A perennial plant that grows much better in partial shade, however, fall-blooming varieties also grow well in sunny areas. In order for astilbe to delight with lush flowering, it must be watered and fed.
Astilbe is propagated in the usual way: by dividing the bush. The flower grows in one place for more than 5 years. He will then need a transplant.
Plants with unusual leaves
Decorative greenery retains its properties throughout the growing season. When creating a white garden, non-flowering plants are also planted so that they serve as a background for flowering plants and in order to emphasize the beauty of white flowers. The photo shows examples of such plants:
Khosta
The main thing about the host is the leaves. The plant has many faces. For a white garden, the most suitable variety is the one whose green leaves have a white border. Hosta is undemanding to care, grows in well-fertilized and moist soils, and feels great near water bodies.
Propagated by dividing the bush. Hosta can be grown from seeds. The plant is a great solo plant in a flower bed; it can be used for borders and flower beds along with other annuals.
Brunnera macrofolia
The Jack Frost variety is distinguished by its unusual leaf color. The leaves are large, heart-shaped, as if covered with frost.
The plant grows well in clayey, moist soils. Does not require any maintenance. Propagated by dividing the bush and seeds.
Conclusion
Create a white garden on your site, or at least a part of it.The white corner of the garden will be filled with romance, space, and light. White color gives solemnity. Flower beds made in white attract attention. The paths along which white perennials are planted serve as a kind of lighting; they are clearly visible in the dark. You are guaranteed admiring and surprised looks from your neighbors and friends.
