White-flowering plants

Plants with white flowers for a colour-themed border.

A white border reads as cool, calm and luminous, and it comes into its own at dusk, when white flowers glow long after stronger colours have gone flat. White is never quite one colour, so play cream against pure white against the green-whites, and lean heavily on silver and variegated foliage to stop the scheme looking like spilt milk. Green is the essential partner that gives white its freshness. The risk is a tired, browning look, so deadhead diligently, as spent white flowers show every blemish. Site a white scheme where you sit in the evening to get the most from it. These plants are chosen for clean white and palest cream flowers across the seasons.

Border Builder is a garden border planner for iPhone and iPad. Pick from the 395 plants below and it works them into a full plan: how many of each, where they go, and how the bed reads through the seasons.

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