Flower color
White flowers
595 garden plants with white blooms, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs. Build a white color scheme that lasts across the season.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's flower color tags and bloom colors, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 595 plants, 468 have been checked against outside sources (25 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Of the 2,463 plants in this library, 595 carry white, and they are here for one reason above the others: white outlasts the light. As dusk falls the eye shifts toward the blue end of the spectrum, so reds go black while whites and creams stay lit, which is why the classic white garden is planted where people sit in the evening. White is also the peacemaker of a mixed bed: a drift of it separates two colors that would otherwise fight. Two cautions. It is not one color, and a cold blue-white beside a warm cream reads as dirty rather than subtle. And it shows every browning petal, so it asks for more deadheading than anything else here.
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Abbotswood
Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'
Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow
Acoma
Lagerstroemia 'Acoma'
Full sunZones 6–98 ftLow
Actaea
Narcissus 'Actaea'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Adirondack
Malus 'Adirondack'
Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Alaska
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Alaska'
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Alba
Scilla luciliae 'Alba'
Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate
Alba
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Alba Gayfeather
Liatris spicata 'Alba'
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Alba Plena
Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena'
Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate
FoliageAlbostriata
Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata'
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Album
Colchicum autumnale 'Album'
Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Album Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'
Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Part sunZones 5–96.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Amazing Daisies Spun Silk Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Spun Silk'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Amazing Grace
Phlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Amethyst in Snow Bachelor's Button
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow
Angel Bells Clustered Bellflowers
Campanula glomerata 'Angel Bells'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Angel Eyes Hibiscus
Hibiscus 'Angel Eyes'
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Angelface White Summer Snapdragon
Angelonia 'Anwhitim'
Full sunZones 10–112 ftModerate
Annabelle
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Part sunZones 3–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Full sunZones 4–105 ftLow
Apollo Winterberry
Ilex 'Apollo'
Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Apple Blossom
Hippeastrum 'Apple Blossom'
Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Arabicum
Ornithogalum arabicum
Full sunZones 7–102 ftModerate
Arctic Beauty Hardy Kiwi
Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'
Full sunZones 4–815 ftModerate
Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Farrow'
Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate
Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'SMNCSBD'
Full sunZones 2–74.5 ftModerate
Arizona Rosewood
Vauquelinia californica
Full sunZones 8–1018 ftLow
Armandii Snowdrift Clematis
Clematis armandi 'Snowdrift'
Full sunZones 7–921 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Asiatic Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum
Part sunZones 7–101.5 ftLow
Astra White Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra White'
Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate
August Beauty
Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'
Part sunZones 8–115 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Autumn Brilliance
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Autumn Lily Encore Azalea
Rhododendron 'Roblex'
Part shadeZones 6–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Autumn Rocket Camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Autumn Rocket'
Part shadeZones 7–99 ftModerate
Autumn Twist Encore Azalea
Rhododendron 'Conlep'
Part shadeZones 6–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftModerate
Avalanche Pieris
Pieris japonica 'Avalanche'
Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bacopa
Chaenostoma cordatum
Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate
Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Bailey Compact'
Full sunZones 2–75.5 ftModerate
Ballerina Serviceberry
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Ballerina'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea barbara 'Barbara Ann'
Part shadeZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
Full sunZones 5–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Beauty of Moscow
Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Becky
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Becky'
Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Belle Étoile
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate
Berry Box Pyracomeles
× Pyracomeles 'NCXP2'
Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate
Berry Scape Aronia
Aronia arbutifolia 'UCONNAA001'
Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
Berry White Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba'
Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Betsy Ross Lilac
Syringa 'Betsy Ross'
Full sunZones 5–89.5 ftModerate
Bigfoot Cleyera
Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Sotall'
Part shadeZones 7–1015 ftModerate
White flowers by season
A plant is counted in every season it flowers in, so a long-flowering one appears in more than one. The named picks are the plants whose whole flowering sits in that season, not the ones that only pass through it.
Spring
March, April and May
378 plants
Summer
June, July and August
416 plants
Fall
September, October and November
169 plants
Winter
December, January and February
20 plants
White flowers for shade
210 of these 595 plants will flower in less than a full day of sun.
The longest-blooming white flowers
73 of these plants hold their flowers for 5 months or more. These are the longest of them.
White flowers by height
Mature height, in the three bands a border is planted in. Anything over 10 ft is structure rather than a border plant, and a climber is sized by whatever it is growing up, so both sit this out.
Front of the border
under 12 in
62 plants
Middle of the border
12 in to 3 ft
226 plants
Back of the border
3 ft and up
220 plants
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