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White flowers in a planter?

22 years ago

Anyone have good ideas for plants for white flowers? Preferably large blooms, preferably a long flowering season, preferably a perennial, or very small shrub, and preferably frost hardy (too forgetful to remember to move/shelter it ). The planter is an old white "urn" type, about knee high.

My patio is going to be my White Garden, 'cos it should look awesome late in the evenings (hope, hope).

TIA

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yvonnej
22 years ago
How about a white hydrangia, , cant think of any thing else at present. Sounds a nice idea, Ive got pots full of white impatiens under a large camelia and they sure brighten the area up particularly at night. cheers yvonnej
Sparaxis
22 years ago
What about a white buddleia. If you get a young one, and tip prune it frequently, it will make a very shrubby shape, instead of getting leggy. Just before it sets flower buds, tip prune it into a nice ball shape, and you will get masses of blooms on short stems. After bloom trim it back very hard and repeat the cycle of tip pruning. These are very tough, and forgiving plants.
A snowball tree (Viburnum Opulis Sterile form) might be a good alternative, and I would treat it in a similar fashion, although the growth won't be as rapid.
Cheers, Jan in Oz
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I was thinking herbs, a lot of which are also ornamental, don't even have to be used for cooking. Thyme, for example. Makes a great edging and there are lots of varieties with colorful foliage. Lavender is another great plant although when in bloom has lots of bees on the flowers. I have it in a raised bed and have never been bothered by the bees, they are so interested in the flowers they don't care about me. Another cool plant is silver mound. And there are ornamental sages. Just some ideas. You know best what types of plants you like. I like herbs because a lot of them I can't hardly kill, which is always a good thing for me.
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muffles
22 years ago
How about a dwarf marguerite daisy? They flower practically nonstop... or a white penstemmen , "Snowstorm" is very nice. Another option could be a white fuschia bush but they don't look good over winter, or of course there are roses. Flowercarpet white comes to mind.
annabel__WA
21 years ago
Gardenia? You could combine a shrub, say the buddleia, with white petunias round the base, or large white pansies. OK, they are annuals, but gorgeous.

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