Composing for Color

White is the yard's string section, giving off crisp, pure tones. Immaculate and wholesome, white freshens the landscape and its cleansing power fosters peace. White is a blank slate inviting clear thought and suggesting limitless possibilities.

Hydrangea

• Just as white walls make the rooms inside your home seem larger, white flowers increase the perceived size of your yard.
• White is the last color to fade as darkness falls, so use it to border pathways for twilight strolls.
• White lights up dull corners and shady nooks in your landscape.

See gorgeous white and purple plant combinations.

Front of Garden:

Sweet

• Campanula capratica 'Bressingham White': Up to 6 inches tall. Zones 4-7.
• Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens): Up to 12 inches tall. Zones 5-9.
• Colchicum speciosum 'Album': Up to 7 inches tall. Zones 4-9.
• Daffodil (Narcissus) 'Panache': Up to 16 inches tall. All Zones.
• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) 'Golden Moss': Up to 4 inches tall. Zones 4-9.
• Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis): Up to 4 inches tall. Zones 3-9.
• Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum): 2-3 inches tall. Zones 3-7.
• Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritime) 'Carpet of Snow': Up to 4 inches tall. Grow as an annual in all Zones.
• Windflower (Anemone nemerosa) 'Wilk's Giant': 3-6 inches tall. Zones 4-8.

Iris

• Baby's-breath (Gypsophilia paniculata) 'Snowflake': Up to 36 inches tall. Zones 4-9.
• Iris 'Wisley White': Up to 36 inches tall. Zones 4-9.
• Mallow (Lavatera trimestris) 'Mont Blanc': Up to 20 inches tall. Grow as an annual in all Zones.
• Morning widow (Geranium paheum f. album): Up to 32 inches tall. Zones 4-8.
• Peony (Paeonia) B 'Festive Maxima': 36-39 inches tall. Zones 3-8.
• Phlox paniculata 'Fujiyama': Up to 30 inches tall. Zones 4-8.
• Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum) 'Alaska': Up to 36 inches tall. Zones 5-8.
• Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) 'Boule de Neige': 18-24 inches tall. Zones 3-8.

White spiderwort

• Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) 'Alba': Up to 28 feet tall. Zones 5-8.
• Hydrangea paniculata 'Floribunda': 10-22 feet tall. Zones 4-8.
• Jasmine (Jasminum officinale): Up to 40 feet tall. Zones 9-10.
• Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) 'Mme. Florent Stepman': Up to 22 feet tall. Zones 4-8.
• Madonna lily (lilium candidum): 3-6 feet tall. Zones 6-9.
• Moonflower (Ipomoea alba): Up to 15 feet tall. Grow as an annual in all Zones.
• Prunus Glandulosa 'Alba Pleana': Up to 5 feet tall. Zones 5-8.
• Rhododendron 'Polar Bear': Up to 15 feet tall. Zones 7-9.
• Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata): Up to 10 feet tall. Zones 5-9.
• White mugwort (Artemisia lactiflora): Up to 5 feet tall. Zones 5-8.

See more of our white-flowering favorites.