White symbolizes purity and innocence, so it is often used in home decoration, clothing, and landscape compositions. A flower garden in white, a corner of a garden, or even a whole garden in white is a common technique in green building. Creating a continuous flowering garden using only white flowers is a snap.
Being able to design and build a beautiful, beautiful day requires the help of qualified professionals: an experienced gardener and a competent gardener. The chromatic element plays an important role in choosing the color of the leaves of plants and their flowers to create a night garden. Grey colour or varieties of leaves undoubtedly help to reflect moonbeams or light sources in the garden. The light color, usually white, sometimes variegated, and the intense scent of the flowers act as powerful spells for nocturnal pollinators such as moths, bats, and fireflies.
Choosing white
White has always attracted the attention of people, because it is clearly visible against the background of other colors, emphasizes the splendor and solemnity, goes well with any tones. This color, like pink, cream, blue, is considered the color of romantics, especially in the shaded corners of the garden.
Often, designers, creating themed gardens, include a corner in white tones. So, not far from the famous André Citroën Park in Paris, there are two small gardens built in contrast: the first is the Garden of Night, buried below ground level, including dark green conifers (pines, junipers), lawn cover, wall fountains with water flowing downward ; the second is the White Garden, behind a curly white wall that limits it on four sides, on a large raised flower bed or podium, brightly lit by the sun, consists only of white-flowered plants with light green foliage.
Among perfumes and white flowers: synesthetic delight
Provides a sense of inner well-being and peace for those who live in the early morning garden. White flowers are associated with the fact that their night viewers perceive colors as black and white, unlike humans and many other insects and animals, in addition, they are very sensitive to ultraviolet light. A very beneficial environment for plants with night flowers is to produce intense, often pleasant odors, sometimes harmful, but still very attractive and appreciated by their expected visitors.
It often happens that over time these plants have no real interest in our eyes, but when the moon falls, everything changes. New and unexpected characters enter the scene. Even on a pale night day, white flowers stand out in flower beds in the shade of the garden, and plants with blue or red flowers almost disappear.
Create a white garden
There are certain rules and features when creating a garden in white that should be considered. So, it is interesting to use white in perspective: if you have a long, narrow garden, then white flowers planted at the end of it will visually reduce the length of the garden, while blue, gray, purple tones will increase it. Therefore, if it is necessary to make the garden more extended, it is better to plant plants with white flowers and foliage near the house.
A similar state can be found in the depths of the seas and oceans, where everything changes at night: fish on this day live in the depths of the abyss, rising to the surface. They are drawn by currents. The seaside sea of luminescent shapes and colors had never been seen until then. Even some algae have the unique properties of producing their own light by bioluminescence. A bit about what happens on hot spring nights for the fireflies that lighten the countryside and city gardens with fading lights.
Did you know that aromatic plants express their fragrances at dawn at their best? Whether you touch them or just walk by, they will overwhelm their intense scent. Spending an hour in your nightclub will take away the thoughts of the day and bring you a quality of life.
White color is considered cold, but if you place white flowers among species of a different color, it will revive, dilute, refresh the flower garden and will not disturb the harmony of the composition. But if there are many white flowers in such a flower garden, then they will begin to distract attention, making other colors less noticeable.
How to create a moonlight garden
In the night garden, you cannot miss a water mirror of any shape or size. The light of the moon reflects silvery and soothing, creating imaginary shapes and flowing water, relaxing the senses of those walking or sitting in it. Soft, pale milky shapes and makes every corner.
Let's always remember to create your own moonlight garden, everything must be thoroughly studied and known before: soil preparation, irrigation, plant breeding, flower leaves and flowers, not maintenance. The garden, because it functions, must have its own balance and environment... The presence of beneficial insects, the absence harmful substances Combining different plants to improve each other's properties and health are just some of the elements of an ecological garden.
In reality White color rarely pure white, it has a tendency to take on the shades of other colors that surround it. In addition, white-flowered plants can themselves have different shades: greenish apple, cream, slightly yellowish, pinkish, grayish and bluish. This should be taken into account when creating compositions and flower beds.
What are the specified plants?
Here are some examples of plants that can give you great results in your nightclub. It is a very fragrant and always blooming lift. In winter it begins to bloom, and in spring it begins to bloom profusely and for a long time. Originating from South America, it is a shrub plant that grows up to two meters in height. Big flower the funnel can be up to 35 cm long, and it blooms all summer long until it reaches the first frost of autumn.
Known since ancient times by Native Americans, this plant has hallucinogenic properties. Jasmine "Night Blooming Jasmine", a Middle American plant, has very fragrant white flowers that only appear at night. it's the same favorite dish caterpillars of the Monarch butterfly. You may have very fragrant flowers on the same plant, but different colors.
In the shade and in the sun, white looks completely different. Therefore, plants must be selected in accordance with the task at hand. In the bright sun, white flowers dazzle with their radiance. On a sunny border, white looks especially impressive against a backdrop of silvery, gray and blue foliage. A small number of plants with flowers of a different color (blue, purple, yellow, pink) will make the composition warmer and will not disturb the decorative effect.
Its popularity is due to its long flowering and great adaptability. For the best results when creating your night garden, do not hesitate to contact me. White is usually associated with marriage, but plants can also be used in the garden. Make it a romantic and serene place targeting ruminants, climbing plants and perennials.
Classification of white flowers
Blooming garden plants so many. They are ideal for lighting up dark corners where they can be combined with others. pastel colors... White flowers are the most fragrant and they blend beautifully with the most intense colors. A very useful essence is extracted from its flowers, subglobos and bells in perfumery. A flower for every emotion: one color for many species: to give light to the garden. ... The snowdrop is characterized by white flowers and pendulums.
It is good to use white in a garden designed for evening relaxation or for walks at dusk. Framing paths or vertical supports with white flowers will give the garden a unique charm.
In shady areas, white is unmatched in its ability to brighten the dark corners of the garden. Even in deep shade, snow-white flowers and leaves with a white border will completely change the picture of the garden. Gray or blue shades will be completely inappropriate here, but a background of emerald green, light green, yellow-green, lime-green tones in combination with white will create spectacular compositions.
It belongs to the same rhododendron family - an annual flowering plant that is well suited for growing potatoes. Instead of this different kinds Narcissa is an ideal bulb for decorating ponds and ponds. The anemone has large and delicate flowers.
Its flowers are small and elegant, especially fragrant. White flowers usually like fresh environments and shaded or semi-dried areas. The soil should be fresh, well-drained, sandy and acidic. Not too many, however, in the case of gardening, the flowers that bloom will be blue rather than white.
Plants for a white garden
There are a large number of plants that are white in color: white stripes or spots on the leaves (variegated forms), white stems and even white bark on the shoots, which can be used in garden decoration in white tones.
A white flower garden can be created only from some annuals, or used in combination with other plants. From undersized annuals, Alyssum, Lobelia, Iberis, ever-flowering and tuberous begonia, balsam, viola (biennial) are suitable; white petunias, dwarf forms of fragrant tobacco, marigolds, antirinum (snapdragon), ageratum, asters are used as medium-sized ones; from the tall ones - space, zinnias, fragrant tobacco, lavatera (annual mallow), cleoma.
Apart from snowdrop, which prefers clay soils such as wisteria, which also prefers sunny locations. Jasmine and fuchsia are then placed in the sun, but thrive well in a soil-rich, soil-rich environment. Azalea needs abundant watering and frost protection.
Some plants, such as gardenia, azalea, and fuchsia, require abundant watering, spraying with warm water to increase air humidity and protect from freezing. Gerberas, however, are quite autonomous, but they need ventilated areas, and azaleas need refurbished areas.
Among perennials, there are many white-flowered plants: for the foreground, simple and terry arabis, dwarf irises, shadow and bryophyte saxifrage, evergreen iberis, carnations, primroses, edelweiss, May lily of the valley (very aggressive), felt lily of the valley are suitable. Good for the middle plan are black hellebore, dicentra, kupena, lychnis, pearl anaphalis, dwarf chrysanthemums, Japanese anemone. From tall perennials, delphiniums, oriental poppy, phlox, pearl yarrow, Siberian and bearded irises, Persian and broadleaf bells, astilbe, black cohosh, chrysanthemums, dahlias, daisy (chamomile), echinacea, ash-tree, physostegia will be good and foxglove (biennial cultures), dope, meadowsweet, aruncus (volzhanka).
Magnolia resists good heat, while hydrangea and wisteria must be pruned before vegetative recovery. When the weather gets tough, the jasmine will be processed on the terrace or in the apartment and then interrupted again in the spring. Even lilacs lend themselves to a vine growing in winter, such as an azalea.
Reproduction of white colors
In winter, the jasmine will be kept in the apartment. White flowers can be different. The most manageable are gardenia, hydrangea, fuchsia, and jasmine as they lend themselves to cuttings, margins, and propaganda. Snowdrop, being a bulbous one, multiplies in autumn, dividing small ones from the mother bulb.
Bulbous plants for spring and summer decoration white flower beds are also widely represented: early-flowering - snow-white galanthuses, crocuses, pushkinia, hyacinths, white flowers, tulips, daffodils; summer flowering - lilies, gladioli, onions, galtonia (tall hyacinth).
Thrush can also be multiplied by crops such as magnolia, gerbera and anemone; this way you will be confident in new varieties. Wisteria for grafting in summer, and for an orchid, reproduction can be either sexual or asexual. White fuchsia flowers are variegated with purple or pink.
Parasites and diseases of white flowers
Fuchsia also suffers from wisteria prone to chlorosis, a disease that degrades the plant to lack or inadequate chlorophyll production. Gerbera often falls prey to deciduous and triple miners, rotten roots and gray mold. You can find seeds of various white flowers online.
Many shrubs blooming in spring and summer have white flowers: a variety of roses (all groups), heathers and ericas, spireas (spring-flowering species and varieties), hydrangeas (treelike, paniculate, petiolate), chubushnik (simple and double), lilac, viburnum (common and Buldenezh), black elderberry.
Here are our guides for spotting other flowers and plowing your plants effectively. Yellow is a dye that dominates many autumn landscapes and is really addictive, especially when walking into the midst of those beech and maple-dominated forests. However, it must be admitted that yellow, while so seductive, is not so cheerful, perhaps because we attribute it necessarily to the fall of the leaves, to the time it passed, and perhaps even worse thoughts. Spring yellow however, it is often associated with the sun shining higher, the new season, hopes and, in short, much more joyful images.
Fruit trees, very decorative in spring, also usually bloom with white flowers: apple, Chinese, pear, plum, cherry, sweet cherry, apricot. They are included in the compositions.
You cannot do in a white garden without decorative leafy plants. These are all kinds of white and yellow-bordered forms of host, milkweed, dream, falaris (a type of cereal), bulbous ryegrass.
It will be clean psychological problem but the use of yellow leaves in our gardens at the end of winter is more than just a habit of decorating a particular area, because it is easy to combine dye with an atmosphere of well-being, comfort and even wealth. Perhaps for this reason, the first synonym that comes to mind if we cannot repeat the word "yellow" is definitely "gold." And it's not even that gardeners and nurses have played a lot of work on the production of new varieties of plants that come to this color, in different shades, with the contribution of other colors, primarily green.
Various varieties of lungwort and brunner with silvery and white spots on the leaves are also decorative. There are many shrubs with variegated leaf coloration: undersized dwarf shrubs - Forchun's euonymus, periwinkle small and large; tall - white-edged dogwood, black elderberry, Norway maple.
In other words, if the idea is to "pull out" some morale by simply using plants, yellow is sure to be a very effective weapon of seduction. Perennial Granacea with graceful and flowing foliage prefer half shade because the constant sun will tear its color. These are common wallpapers that are useful because they cover important surfaces in a short amount of time. In good company with a bulbous spring with blue flowers like hyacinths and crocuses.
He wants wet soil and half shade. The perennial is sturdy and versatile, and can grow to remarkable sizes when fertilized in abundance. Its powerful leaves lend themselves to subtle contrasts with grasses and ferns. Perennial requires special attention to the correct insert, because it requires wet and partial shade. Very nice contrasts with gray-blue hosts and other species with impressive foliage.
Some trees and shrubs have white fruits that adorn them in autumn and winter - Kene mountain ash, derain, snowberry. There are plants with white bark - some varieties of ornamental raspberries and blackberries.
Tradescantia "Beatrice". A perennial for a confident effect, it should not be planted singly, but in groups of some units. She loves half the shadows and is suitable for living with less exhilarating views such as Blue Hosta, Epimedia, Bergenia and Lysimachia.
The varied Pampa grass is large, evergreen grainy ones with gorgeous arched leaves and yellow edges. Fluffy inflorescences are tall and long-lasting. He wants moist soil but is well drained. Perennial aromatic, with chamomile-like flowers, have beautiful yellow-lemon variegated foliage, which is desirable for early summer flower beds.
When creating a garden of continuous flowering in white tones, many bulbous, ground cover alpine perennials (arabis, evergreen Iberis, shadow saxifrage, dwarf irises), as well as spring-flowering perennials - hellebore, dicentra, some shrubs (spirea, lilac, elderberry) are suitable for a spring composition ... Selection of summer plants: all white-flowered annuals, perennials (lilies, irises, peonies, astilbe, echinacea), shrubs (mock orange, hydrangeas, roses, clematis). For an autumn composition, heathers, dahlias, chrysanthemums, tall perennial asters, and crocuses are good.
Text and photo: Natalia Yurtaeva, landscape designer
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Setting up a garden is not an easy task. It is very important to build a certain mood, take into account the characteristics of the site, the ratio of light and shadow. Perhaps the simplest and most elegant solution would be to create a white garden - to use plants with white flowers and leaves bordered by a white stripe in a chosen corner. And there are a number of good reasons for this.
White is suitable for any garden. It is versatile. The boundaries of the site move apart. Light highlights on the foliage of plants create a sense of celebration, give the composition a strict and solemn look.
An amazing feature of white flowers is to fill the evening garden with light and mysterious radiance. That is why designers often place a flower garden in white in front of the facade of the house. In the evening, moonlight illuminates the white flowers and, reflected, scatters ghostly glare. The darkness recedes, the aromas grow stronger.
Plants in white tones are indispensable for decorating shady areas of the garden. Many of them thrive in dense shade and bring life to the dark corners on the north side of the house. If you plant plants with white flowers or leaves under the windows, the mixborder will acquire airiness and volume. You will visually enlarge the space under the tree crowns and give the composition a joyful, romantic mood. For a shady garden, hosts, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, rogers, lupins, astilbe are suitable.
An elegant and discreet garden in which the main role reserved for white color, goes well with any finishing materials... You can paint the house in any color, use sandstone or gravel for paving paths - nothing threatens the harmony of the garden.
Difficulties in creating a white garden
A common mistake of novice designers is the decision of a garden composition exclusively in white tones. A monochrome garden is beautiful, but if the area of the site is large enough, more than 10 acres, it may seem somewhat boring. In addition, after a while you may get bored with a monochromatic white garden, you will want bright colors. Landscape designers are advised to confine ourselves to the ceremonial area to create the effect of solemnity and lightness.
If you are placing plants with white flowers in an open, sunny area, be prepared for the fact that you will have to devote more time to caring for the flower garden. Delicate petals fade under the scorching rays, frequent watering and removal of wilted inflorescences is required.
For a monochrome flower garden, choose flowers with different form inflorescences. Let it be round in the shape of zinnias, roses, monardas, delphiniums, foxgloves, lupines, liatrixes, or flat inflorescences of daisies, echinacea, elongated into a candle. Do not forget about plants that have white veins on their leaves: hosts and euonymus.
Try to use plants with inflorescences of different shades of white in the mixborder. The tone can be warm, milky or transparent, with a radiant whiteness. The use of different shades will add depth and volume to the composition, avoiding boredom and monotony.
The rose alone has up to hundreds of different shades of white.
A flower garden in white is prone to seasonal changes... Remember that the impression is not only from the contemplation of flowers - there are also leaves. In autumn, they turn red, yellow. And no matter how much we want to avoid bright extraneous colors, we will have to take them into account when laying out a flower arrangement.
Creating a white garden is fun. It is difficult to resist the temptation to collect as many plants as possible with white flowers and foliage adorned with strokes and a white border. Refrain from buying anything related to this colors otherwise you risk getting lost in the abundance of flowers. The composition will lose its harmony and will not correspond to the original idea.
To create a competent flower garden, five types of plants are enough, each in several copies. When you go to a garden center, make a shopping list in advance. Greens of different shades successfully set off the white color, giving a clear structure to the flower garden.
Perhaps later you will want to revive the garden, add bright colors. With a composition in white, this is possible. Any flowers will be appropriate in combination with white and green. You can color your monochrome flower garden.
The use of white in a variety of garden styles
Plants with crisp white flowers will fit perfectly into whatever style you choose for your garden. Admirers of the classics combine white roses or hydrangeas with strict lines of trimmed borders made of boxwood or spirits, and plant conifers in slender rows.
What could be more beautiful than a "grandmother's" country-style garden with white fragrant phlox, mallow, scattering of chamomiles and asters!
To create a romantic garden, paint the gazebo white and wrap the arch with clematis and climbing roses. A wicker chair and a snow-white lace tablecloth complete the look.
White garden creates mood
Various horoscopes and psychological tests are very popular now. And who often chooses white for decorating garden plots? Of course, these are perfectionists and excellent students who love to do everything at a high level. Not a speck, not a speck. Order and harmony in the white garden is the best fit for their aspirations.
These people are neat and focused, cautious and critical of the slightest flaws. Therefore, a refined, difficult-to-maintain white garden suits them best.
And everyone else just loves to stroll through the light romantic garden, enjoy the scent of flowers and exquisite combinations of plants. Very often, gardens in white colors are chosen for weddings. After all, it is the white color that symbolizes purity and innocence.
Bring white into your garden! You will see how the boundaries of the site will expand, breathe freshness and coolness. Creating a white garden with an elegant flower garden will be a favorite place where you will want to spend all your free time.