Coneflower
While most echinaceas come in shades of purple and pink, 'White Lustre' stands out with its bold white flowers that have grey-yellow centres. Slightly more compact than most, it does not require staking. Its easy-going nature makes it a good ... [... more]
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Jade Tree
One of Anne Swithinbank's favourite succulents, the jade tree makes a long-lived, easy to grow houseplant. It has glossy, fleshy leaves and forms a tree-like plant. Star-shaped white flowers appear in autumn. A native of South Africa, it needs to ... [... more]
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Viburnum
This hardy, vigorous shrub is ideal for an informal garden or large shrub border. It offers interest for most of the year with large, lacecap-like, white flowers from late spring to early summer. The plant is deciduous, with attractive ... [... more]
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Crocus
'Snow Bunting' has beautiful white flowers with delicate grey-green feathering on the outside petals. Plant the bulbs in autumn, 8-10cm (3-4in) deep in poor, gritty, well-drained soil in a sunny spot. [... more]
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Viola
V. cornuta: it flowers from spring to summer with faintly scented violet flowers. Popular cultivars include the white 'Alba Group', pale blue 'Boughton Blue' and var. minor with blue or white flowers. The Liliacina Group has slightly smaller ... [... more]
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Giant Yucca
Yuccas come from the deserts and plains of southern North and Central America and with their stiff, leathery leaves and panicles of creamy white flowers, they make great architectural plants. Y. elephantipes has light to mid-green leaves that are ... [... more]
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Gum Cistus
Delightfully aromatic and slightly sticky leaves make an ideal background for the large white flowers of this Mediterranean shrub. Often in flower right through summer, each saucer shaped bloom has the purest white, silk-like petals with a ... [... more]
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Mexican Orange Blossom
This is a favourite low maintenance shrub. Thanks to its bright yellow foliage, this choisya cultivar really stands out in the garden. It does not flower as profusely as C. ternata, but it usually produces a show of fragrant white flowers in ... [... more]
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Strawberry Tree
A small, evergreen tree with Lily-of-the-valley type flowers, followed by attractive, vaguely strawberry-like, edible fruits. One of the few members of the erica family that is tolerant of chalk. The Strawberry tree produces white flowers in late ... [... more]
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Clematis
This sought after clematis has creamy white flowers with double centres which appear from early summer to early autumn. The plant's thin stems mean that it is best grown through a wall-trained shrub for support. Alternatively it can be grown in a ... [... more]
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Pittosporum
An attractive tender evergreen shrub that is grown for its attractive green foliage and sweetly scented, creamy white flowers which appear from late spring to early summer. The variety 'Nanum' is a lower growing compact plant that is perfect for ... [... more]
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Runner Bean
Runner bean 'Painted Lady' is an older variety, worth growing as much for its pretty red and white flowers as for its large crops of tender, well-flavoured beans. Its good looks mean that it looks at home in the flower garden as well as the ... [... more]
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