We associate spring irresistibly with clean, fresh colors. It is hard to imagine the beginning of the garden season without yellow narcissus, red tulips, pink almonds or blue sapphires.However, when we are satisfied with the beautiful scenery of the first colorful spectacle, we feel like a little peace.And at this point we appreciate the advantages of the green and white combination.
The particular qualities of this color duo are elegance and freshness. It is as if created for the summer.On hot days, the combination of green and white is clearly soothing to us.Now, in June, we can find the first cool treasures in the garden.At the edge of the flowerbed, the flame of 'Fujiyama' has opened its bright white flowers, clearly softening the austere appearance of the geometric forms of the spherical boxwoods.
It's hard to miss the spherical inflorescences of the Hydrangea macrophylla garden hydrangea. For example, the variety 'Schneeball' amazes with its lemon green buds that open into flower balls, gradually turning a cream white color.
Let's also appreciate the beauty of the Hydrangea serrata serrated hydrangea with flat, round flowers.In regions with more severe climates, it is safer to grow the less frost-sensitive shrub Hydrangea arborescens.The 'Annabelle' variety develops buds on one-year-old shoots, which develop attractive white hemispherical inflorescences.
A great duo of colors can be created not only by white flowers and green leaves. Effective, cool light reflections will decorate the Hosta bed with white edges, variegated varieties of Hedera helix ivy or Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta' reed grass with striped blades.
With a white and green mosaic only for one season, they will decorate the flowerbed with annuals. Among them there are white-flowering varieties of petunias, surfinia, verbena and osteospermum.We combine them with species with green leaves, such as the Ipomoea wolf, Plectranthus or Carex sedge.To decorate a balcony or terrace, white and green plants can be planted in terracotta pots or covered with light glaze . Both types of containers have a lot of charm.
White flowers are distinguished by extraordinary luminosity. Half-shaded places are wonderfully illuminated by white and green funkies, blooming white tawułki, e.g. Astilbe x arendsii 'Brautschleier' with cream panicles of inflorescences, as well as shiny bells, candlesticks and ground cover epimedium. These perennial plants not only become more beautiful every year, but also do not require too intensive care.
In the falling evening darkness, white shines the most intensively and longest.If we like to spend gray hours on the terrace or balcony, be sure to think about white and green arrangements. On the bed next to the terrace, the white flowers of the onotope, the shrub rose 'Schneewittchen' and the clematis 'Arctic Queen' shine long after the red and blue flowers go out in the thickening darkness.
