‘Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas’ ~ Elizabeth Murray
I’ve been a bit disappointed in my late Spring garden because I couldn’t really see anything flowering. After the cacophony of colour in September, everything looks very green at the moment and then I realised what the problem is. I have way too much “white”! Why do I do that? Every time I go flowering-plant shopping I come back with white flowering plants. I wasn’t consciously aware that I was doing this, until I went shopping this week and again came home with a white flowering plant (a lovely white Fuschia). Not that there is anything wrong with white – I love white – but in the garden it seems to be a bit flat when there is no other colour mixed in with it (at least that’s my impression). So that’s another “Gardening Lesson Learned” for me.
So what are all the “whites” flowering in October my garden? We have … white Gardenias, Roses, Dianthus, Ornithogalum, Freesias, Gaura, two different Jasmine types, Murraya Exotica, Alyssum, Makhaya Bella, Asiatic Lilies and Lilium Longifolium, Impatiens, Petunias, Cuphea, Brugmansia, Delphiniums, Ranunculus … and on and on.
Here are all my current white blooms …
[one_half]White Murraya Exotica
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[one_half_last]White Iceberg Roses
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[one_half]White Ornithogalum
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[one_half_last]White Jasminum Multipartum
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[one_half]White Star Jasmine
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[one_half_last]White Gaura
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[one_half]White Alyssum
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[one_half_last]White Dianthus (Sweet William)
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[one_half]White Mandevilla splenens
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[one_half_last]White Makhaya bella
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[one_half]White Lilium Longifolium
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[one_half_last]White Impatiens
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[one_half]White Cuphea
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[one_half_last]White Brugmansia
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[one_half]White Delphiniums
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[one_half_last]White Freesias
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[one_half]White Ranunculus
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[one_half_last]White blossoms on the Lime tree
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[one_half]White Cherry blossom
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[one_half_last]White blossoms on the Lemon tree
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[one_half]White crabapple (isn’t it beautiful?)
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[one_half_last]White Petunias
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As it is my first real year as a “gardener”, I’ve been observing (and critiquing) my garden on a monthly basis to see what I can do better – What have I learnt about October? Plant some COLOUR that will flower in October to lift all the white blooms!
Happy Gardening
xxx