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Adding a Glow to the Garden with White Flowers
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White Swan Coneflower - This plant looks stately, with its tall stout stems and dark green, rough leaves. The creamy-white flower petals encircle an orange-brown center, making it very eye-catching. "Echinacea" as it is also called, is best planted in full-sun, near the back of the border, as it can reach 4 feet tall. It is best planted in full sun, well-drained and rich soil. Another variety, "Purpurea" is a dark burgundy flowering type, that is used for the herbal remedy to help stimulate the immune system and ward off colds.

Baby's Breath - A mass of very tiny, cloud-like blossoms float above the very thin, grey-green leaves. This is very commonly seen in flower arrangements to give it a softer look. It is best planted in a very deeply-dug planting hole, as it has a long central root. Add well-rotted manure or compost to the planting hole when planting to ensure a healthy floriforous plant. They are best suited in a full-sun, well-drained soil that has more lime to it. To help it from flopping over, add a few thin stakes in the early summer to grow through.

Hydrangea - Members of this family are appreciated everywhere by gardeners. The "Oak Leaf" variety is a deciduous shrub that blooms in late spring, showing their softly curving, dark-green leaves and soft white flowers. Another deciduous shrub is the "Pee-Gee" variety that blooms in mid-summer. It's flower heads are balls of hundreds of individual 4-5 petalled flowers. They are suitable to dry, to use for arrangements and hold their shape quite well, even when spray-painted lightly. This variety can get quite large, so an adequate space is needed. A climbing variety blooms in early summer with their vines reaching 20-25 feet up a supporting wall. All varieties do well in full-sun to part-shade in moist, rich soil.

Physostegia - Also called "Obedient Plant", this unusual plant is worth growing. As it's common name suggests, the individual flower heads can be positioned to face either side of the stem and the plant is "obedient" to the person positioning them. Wild Rose

The small, tubular florets grow along the top half of the square stem, which rise above long, narrow foliage. The leaves are dark-green and glossy with a serrated edge, which provide a nice contrast to the white flowers. Physostegia grows best in full-sun or part-shade, in well-drained soil, but needs moisture if there is a drought. It grows to 4 feet tall and flowers in late summer.

Silver Mound, Goat's Beard, Fall Anemone, Snake Root, Pampas Grass, Dictamnus are still more of the many plants available that are in bloom now to early fall. There are varieties for all types of locations; for every garden space, for every soil, sun, and water condition. Why not experiment with what you can do, to give your garden a lift.

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