PLANTING PLAN: A White Garden Shines Day and Night

Christian Harper , a horticulturist at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison , Wisconsin , designed this luminous bed of annual , which is part of a four - corner overlap of similar bed . The option of dramatic , bright bloodless bloom of youth gleams among shimmer argent leaf in a rich tapestry of counterpoint textures . This bed not only beam in sun but also glow in the moonlight . Add to that the intoxicating sweetness of the blossoming tobacco plant , and you ’ve get a toppingly romanticist combination . “ As they say , white goes with everything , and since one of the paths in this garden top toward our Wedding Garden , it ’s especially appropriate for this setting , ” Christian says . This section of the full - sunshine bed is 12 understructure long and 5 foundation deep , and it is planted in an middling garden loam enhanced by yearly diligence of foliage mould .

1 . Flowering tobacco(Nicotiana sylvestris , annual)2 . ‘ Sparkler White ’ spider flower(Cleome hassleriana‘Sparkler White ’ , annual)3 . ‘ Sonata White ’ cosmos(Cosmos bipinnatus‘Sonata White ’ , annual)4 . ‘ Powis Castle ’ artemisia(Artemisia‘Powis Castle ’ , USDA Hardiness Zones 7–9)5 . ‘ Silver Queen ’ dusty miller(Senecio cineraria‘Silver Queen ’ , annual)6 . ‘ Avalanche White ’ petunia(Petunia‘Avalanche White ’ , annual)7 . ‘ Lulu ’ marigold(Tagetes tenuifolia‘Lulu ’ , annual)8 . ‘ Ribbon Yellow ’ snapdragon(Antirrhinum majus‘Ribbon Yellow ’ , annual)9 . ‘ Primrose muffin ’ chrysanthemum(Chrysanthemum coronarium‘Primrose Gem ’ , annual )

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