Dec 21, 20231 min
A classic white garden is perfect if your clients want you to create solace in the space. Horticulture expert Rebecca Hughes details several excellent options you can pick from for the next white garden you’re asked to plant
For a patio, a corner of the garden, a border, or an overall planting scheme, white can create a peaceful visual harmony through the use of flowers, bloom times, foliage, size, shape and textures. Planting for contrasting light and dark, pattern and repetition, a white garden is a classic form of landscaping that conveys elegance and tranquillity. Here are a selection of classic white plantings you can use.
Rebecca Hughes is a horticulturalist from Blue Mountain Nurseries, which is based in Tapanui, West Otago, and known for its rare and unusual plants.
Today the nursery has 10 hectares in production and produces over 4,000 varieties of plants for national distribution to other nurseries, parks, landscapers, garden centres and gardeners throughout New Zealand. The nursery specialises in the propagation and growing on of hardy trees and shrubs, rhododendrons, azaleas, conifers, climbers, natives, perennials and pleione orchids. Visit bmn.co.nz for more information