While blue and red flowers fade with the last rays of the sun,white flowersandpastelbegin to glow with full force. From a distance, it looks as if small lanterns are burning in the flowerbeds or the water is reflecting the starry sky. This is one of the most beautiful spectacles of nature.
After sunset, when the heat of the day subsides and the evening silence falls over the garden, you can fully rest. The darkness of the night will light up the lanterns of white,yellowandpink flowers,transforming the garden intoromantic,fairy-tale land, in which beautiful plants play the role of elves.
Brightly colored flowers take off at night
Flowers withsubdued colorsare not very visible during the day and do not play the role of foreground plants. However, after dark, they not only become more visible, but also often begin to release beautiful fragrances. Thus, they attract many night-active insects to the garden, which carry pollen and lead topollination of flowers.A wave of intense fragrances consisting of notes of various oilsessential oils, spills over the garden all night and only disappears at dawn.
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At night, such exotic potted plants smell very beautiful as, for example, flowers imposing in sizeDaturaorfiligree statureCestrum nocturnum.Plants can be placed nearterraceor onterrace,that is close to the place where we spend the most time in the evening. Thanks to this, the air around us is filled with a wonderful scent.
Plants with white flowers
Perennials and annual species such asevening primrose, lemon yellow daylily, evening teaand white ornamental tobacco take over the role of night signposts after dark. Their flowers shine and begin to smell as the sun's disc hides behind the horizon. These inconspicuous-looking plants during the day should be combined in plantings with species flowering inred, purpleorblue.Thanks to this, we will achieve an interesting contrast, including the stronger the sun warms. The benefits of such a combination of colors are mutual - plants blooming in dark colors give the impression ofdarker,light ones are easier to see against the background of dark plantings.
White flowering shrubs
Blooming white ornamental shrubs, such asjasmine, lilacandviburnum,also have all the qualities of night plants. However, they have the advantage overperennialsandannual species,that they are much larger and look impressive regardless of the timeday andnight.Besides, their flowers smell around the clock. Bushes should not be planted in excess, but only a few pieces each, entrusting them with the task of creating a planting structure.
Climbers with white flowers, such as the fragrant, creamy-white variety of the climbing rose'Bobbie James'or the climbing hydrangea, envelop entire walls of buildings or fences with flowering shoots. One of the most interesting climbing plants for the night garden isPomeranian honeysuckle,distinguished by beautifulcreamy yellowandpink and white flowers.Their sweet smell can be felt only in the evening.
