Articles related to "White Flowers"

A shaded white garden or moon garden can be the most magical of all: sharp contrasts of white flowers and silvery foliage against deep shadows and dark corners. Oooh!

Flowers for the white garden or moon garden include multitudes of white flowered annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, rhizomes, and tubers.

Every white garden or moon garden needs white flowered shrubs, either as a surrounding hedge or within the garden itself as an accent. Consider some of these!

This is the final article in the series about how to design the white garden or moon garden by planting white flowered plants and silver or blue foliage in a theme garden

Goatsbeard is a fantastic native perennial that creates a bold display in a woodland garden or shade border.

Trees bring gravitas. Every white flower garden or moon garden needs a special white flowering tree, either nearby or in the garden itself.

Learn to design the white garden, a flower garden with only white blooms. Or design your own moon garden -- a white garden designed to be seen at night. Magic!

Flowering vines add another dimension to the flower garden. Enjoy the many spectacular, romantic and often fragrant vines suited to a white garden or moon garden.

A look at ten different flowering native plants that were used historically as healing remedies in folk medicine.

The flowering cherry tree comes in many varieties. Most offer a sumptuous display of cherry blossom in spring. Some also have ornamental bark, or bright autumn foliage.

In garden designs, evergreen and flowering shrubs, in their huge variety, offer an ideal backdrop for other garden plants. Many can give year round colour and interest.

We often see these white, trumpet-like flowers adorning churches Easter Holiday, but Easter Lilies are actually fantastic plants to add to your garden. Here's how....

Camassias are very showy North American bulbs, as easily grown as tulips. Edible yet deer resistant, the flowers offer reliable spring color.

More white roses perfect for the all white garden or moon garden. Every flower garden deserves at least one rose!

Plant a scented garden in any garden theme. Use hostas with fragrant flowers in a shade garden to attract hummingbirds or flowers with scented leaves butterflies love.

Use dark flowers in black, brown, and purple to contrast with variegated foliage and light-colored flowers or to complement the colors of moving and still water.

Wisteria sinensis, with abundant trusses of scented blue flower, is the best known form but there are many other wisterias to choose from especially for a small garden.

Hydrangeas are ornamental shrubs, with huge heads of white pink or red flowers, but acid soil gives purple or blue hydrangeas. Some accept full sun, most are shade plants

The feel-good factor of spring is portrayed spectacularly by spring-flowering shrubs. These first rate, easy to grow, hardy plants are a real tonic as winter fades.

The all-white garden is calming to the eyes. Its purity is beautiful in the landscape. White gardens are easily created in a small pocket of the garden or a long border.

Paper whites are a variety of narcissus that can be forced into bloom during the winter. Force some to decorate your home for the holidays.

Frosty Morn Sedum is a problem solving perennial in my garden. It has earned a place in the garden by being a low maintenace plant that looks great without flowers.

A simple article on how to grow the many colors and shapes of bachelor's buttons.

An easy tutorial on how to plant and grow a beautiful long blooming daisy, the moon daisy.

Zonal geraniums are an easy to grow flowering favorite for gardeners everywhere. Their showy blooms make them a must for every flower garden.

Night owls and day birds alike will enjoy a night blooming garden, rich with bright white flowers and fragrant flowers that glow in the moonlight.

A look at some of the native trees that will bring flocks of birds to the landscape when they are planted.

Spring 2006 is the best time to begin planning for Spring 2007. My neighbor's yard is full of spring flowering bulbs and I have a few crocus. Do you have this problem?

The stunning, delicate beauty of a moon or night time garden is unique and timeless. Learn how to select plants for a moonlight garden and design your garden.

Use these tips and plant lists to select red, white and blue annual and perennial flowers to plant a traditional flower garden design with a patriotic theme this summer.

Retirement is a milestone. The gifts given should reflect the passions of the person and encourage them to continue a lifetime of learning and fun.

Sweet autumn clematis is a deciduous perennial vine that takes center stage in the garden every fall with showers of white fragrant flowers.

White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) is a small native tree to North America with long white fringe flowers. It was the delicate fragrance that caught my attention.

These stunning climbers are among the most useful and versatile of all garden plants. Planting a selection of clematis will give abundant bloom from January to December.

Perennial groundvers can be attractive and useful and you don't have to restrict your choice to just Ivy or Vinca.

To enhance the overall effect of your white garden or moon garden design, plant gray, blue, silver or white variegated foliage plants along with your white flowers.

Are you thinking of buying a crabapple but have heard that they are disease prone? Today's article will help you select a crabapple that is disease resistant.

Where space permits only one or two small trees in the garden, then in order to get value for money it's important to select specimens with several seasons of interest.

Plants are a simple yet highly effective way to decorate a space, purify the air and catapult life changes.

It's difficult for most trees to tolerate the pollution in city air and the pressure of trampling feet over their roots, so the number of urban species is limited.

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Springfield, MA), a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, features interpretations of his well-known and loved characters.

To design gardens that shine in shade from spring to frost, fill your beds and borders with perennials that bloom in fall as well as plants for spring and summer.

It can be difficult to find good plants for shaded areas in your garden design, but many attractive evergreen and flowering shrubs will grow well in a shady garden.

Lavender herb plants are an aromatic and useful choice for cottage gardens, drought tolerant landscapes and other garden situations.

The Golden State is red, pink and white this winter as thousands of evergreens begin to flower. Find out why Camellias love California.

Scented geraniums are highly collectible, fragrant plants. Children (and adults) love them. Find out what to collect and where to buy your scented geraniums.

To design gardens that light up shady spots in summer, try landscaping with drifts of shade-loving flowers that bloom after the main burst of early season color fades.

The end of summer does not mean the end of flower gardens. Several blooming flowers thrive during the cooler months of autumn.

Maianthemum species have heart shaped leaves and edible berries. They are a shade-loving spring flower for the water garden.

Add the vigorous native fall flowering groundsel shrub to your natural habitat garden in southeastern coastal or piedmont regions.