{"id":8585,"date":"2016-02-10T00:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T07:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8585"},"modified":"2016-02-06T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T12:05:56","slug":"white-flowers-and-features-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/white-flowers-and-features-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"White Flowers and Features in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"White and Colour bed \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4920799326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4077\/4920799326_3ea5e1efa1.jpg\" alt=\"Colour bed\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White is the second most useful colour in the garden after green. I am progressively increasing the number and variety of white and grey plants that I grow.<\/p>\n<h3>White Flowers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Roses are a current favourite and there are white Species Roses that are worth seeking out. Rosa: arvensis, banksiae, fedtscenkoana, helenae, longcuspis and multiflora just as examples.<\/li>\n<li>The early flowers of Snowdrops and the Christmas Rose Heleboris niger start the flowering year.<\/li>\n<li>Camellia japonica Nobilissima and Tulip Purissima are pure spring whites .<\/li>\n<li>Personally I like Cistus Corbariensis and Malva moschata Alba to contrast with green leaves and pink stamen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>White Leaves<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cineraria has grey white leaves that add contrast to other plants.<\/li>\n<li>Artemisia ludoviciana &#8216;Valerie Finnis&#8217; act as low screens at the front of borders.<\/li>\n<li>Hostas grown for there leaves include the totally white &#8216;White Feather&#8217; and the green edged Fire and Ice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other White Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pampas grass Cortaderia has large white plumes in autumn.<\/li>\n<li>Frost on grass, stems and plants in winter can look very enticing from the warmth of your heated greenhouse or front window.<\/li>\n<li>White furniture is popular if you can keep it that way.<\/li>\n<li>I like the white boundary edges of a well maintained cricket field and I will try incorporate that idea into my garden.<\/li>\n<li>In the meantime I will await the early blossom on fruit and ornamental trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Spring Blossom \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4887288743\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4134\/4887288743_1b1280c266.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Blossom\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White is the second most useful colour in the garden after green. I am progressively increasing the number and variety of white and grey plants that I grow. White Flowers Roses are a current favourite and there are white Species Roses that are worth seeking out. Rosa: arvensis, banksiae, fedtscenkoana, helenae, longcuspis and multiflora just as examples. The early flowers of Snowdrops and the Christmas Rose Heleboris niger start the flowering year. Camellia japonica Nobilissima and Tulip Purissima are pure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/white-flowers-and-features-in-the-garden\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}