There are many kinds of white blooms in our garden. Some are as white as paper, some are greenish white and some are creamy white. Aren't these all beautiful?
The blooming of whites starts very very early! As early as February here in USDA Hardiness Zone 5b - Northeast Ohio. That is if the snow blanket is melting down for a short while and you get to see the flowers.
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| Snow Drops - true harbinger of spring- Galathus nivalis blooms as early as February |
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Bloodroot or Sanguinaria canadensis (wildflower)-March
Lenten Rose or Helleborus hybridus "White Lady"- March to April
Rock cress or Arabis alpina - April to May
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Darwin Tulip "Ivory Floradale" -April
Dutch Hyacinth or Hyacinthus orientalis -April
Woodland Hyacinth, Spanish bluebell or Hyacinthoides hispanica -April
Cut-leaved toothwort (wildflower) - April
Japanese Pachysandra or Pachysandra terminalis -April
Solomon Seal or Polygonatum odoratum "Variegatum" -May
This beauty was a great find at Home Depot two years ago in the spring:
Shooting Star or Dodecatheon media (wildflower) - May
Large flowered trillium or Trillium grandiflorum (wild flower) - May
Narcissus - April to May
Columbine or Aquilegia vulgaris - May to June
Japanese Iris - May
Double Medowsweet or Filipendula "Flora Plena" - May
Deutzia "Nikko" -May
Giant Allium or Allium stipitatum "Mount Everest"- May
Allium unknown variety- May
Arenaria - May
Peonie or Paeonia "Festiva Maxima" May-June
I will wrap here the first part of White flowering plant portraits here and will continue on White blooms in the garden-part 2 .
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed these flower portraits since there are many more colors to come.
Love this! I have just found some time to check out your blog and have now subscribed to it. You can NEVER have too many photos of flowers (and other things seen in the garden). Thank you! I know I'll be going to your previous blogs once I find more time.
ReplyDeleteWelcome GrannieM and thank you stoping by! I am glad you like the flower portraits! 2013 was the first year that I made a point to document the peak bloom of most everything I grow. Now, I have to come-up with a way to make this photos useful for the readers.
DeleteNow this is the kind of white that doesn't make me feel cold. I should be used to it by now but I just can't get over the wondrous diversity of plant material in your garden.
ReplyDeleteMichaele! My muse! You got this blog on fire in the past three days! Had over 100 new visitors and over 400 page views thanks to you sharing the address! Thank you!!!!
DeleteWhat a breath of fresh air on this cold, windy winter evening! A lot of these are favorites that I have in my garden, too. I love your presentation here, with great list of "all whites." Very nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post! Especially love the Trillium, Arabis, and Sanguinaria.
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