Allium: Mount Everest

Allium Flower Bulbs on Sale: Mount Everest at American Meadows .

I love alliums – this is the first white one I’ve seen!

Crocus sativus var. cartwrightianus ‘Albus’ (White Saffron Crocus): High Country Gardens

Crocus sativus var. cartwrightianus ‘Albus’ (White Saffron Crocus): High Country Gardens.

Fall-blooming crocus. One of my former neighbours had these (but in purple) and they were the neatest things in the fall.

Low Work/Water Lawn

Well, I really detest lawn but my husband would like some in our future back yard, and I do like lawn games and watching the kids run around, so this Dwarf Fescue Lawn Seed Mix seems like a good choice.

“Ellagance Ice” Lavender

A compact variety of white lavender: “Ellagance Ice” 

White Lavender

Yep, the irony of this title does not escape me, but lavender does well in this area. Here’s is some “Alba” lavender for sale. I think I might buy some for a pot here. Hmm.

Moonlight Gardens

Came across this list when looking at the site’s articles on lasagna gardening – lots of great white flower ideas for a “moonlight garden”: 

Moonlight Gardens.

Variegated Lily-of-the-Valley

I love variegated foliage so it was a delight to find this “Albostriata” in the dutchbulbs.com catalogue today. It’s not cheap, but I’m completely in love with it. I love the smell of lilies-of-the-valley, it’s white, and it’s variegated – perfect.

Ok, my header pic isn’t white…

But I still think my dogwood in bloom is just gorgeous! I don’t have any all-white pics from my yard yet, so that one will have to do.

“Dove” Columbine

A couple years ago I planted a purple and blue columbine. It’s overwintered well, although I think I could have it in a sunnier location. Last summer I gathered some seeds from a family friend who had tiny blue columbines, very attractive. I have the seeds but haven’t planted them yet, better check when the time is to do that. This “Dove” columbine is amazing.

Echinacea

I grew some purple coneflowers from seed in my courtyard garden and they are doing wonderfully. I leave them out for the birds over the winter. Some day I’d like to learn how to use them medicinally but for now I enjoy their flowers and watching the tiny birds that land on them to feed. I found “White Swan,” which looks like a regular coneflower, and then “Fragrant Angel” and “Virgin,” which are more daisy-like.