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White Garden at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Sarah P. Duke Gardens Page White Garden Palette (Wish list of plant possibilities) Trees Cercis chinensis ‘Shirobana’ – White Flowered Chinese Redbud Chionanthus virginicus – Fringe Tree or Chionanthus retusus – Chinese Fringe Tree Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Princess’ – Flowering Dogwood Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’ – White Flowering Crepe Myrtle Prunus serrulata ‘Alba’ or Prunus ‘Snowgoose’ – White Japanese Flowering Cherry Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ – Japanese Snowbell or Styrax obassia – Fragrant Snowbell Shrubs Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ – Variegated Japanese Angelica Tree Buddleja davidii ‘White Ball’ – White Flowered Butterfly Bush Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Justin Brouwers’ – Dwarf Korean Boxwood* Buxus sempervirens ‘Elegantissima’ – Variegated Boxwood* Callicarpa japonica ‘Leucocarpa’ – White Berry Japanese Beautyberry Callicarpa americana ‘Lactea’ – White Berry American Beautyberry Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ – White Flowering Quince Clethra alnifolia ‘Crystalina’ – SUGARTINA® Summersweet Clethra Fothergilla major or Fothergilla gardenia – Fothergilla Gardenia augusta ‘Crown Jewel’ – Cape Jasmine Gardenia augusta ‘Frost Proof’ – Cape Jasmine Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’ – White Rose of Sharon Hibiscus Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ – Smooth Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’ – White Flowering Bigleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lamb’ and/or ‘Tardiva’ – White Flowering Panicle Hydrangea Orixa japonica ‘Pearl Frost’ – Variegated Japanese Orixa* Philadelphus x lemoinei ‘Manteau d’Hermine’ – Dwarf Double Mock Orange Philadelphus x virginalis ‘Virginal’ – Double Mock Orange Rosa rugosa ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’ White Rugosa Rose Rosa ‘Auscat’ – Winchester Cathedral David Austin® Rose Rosa ‘Ausca’ – Fair Bianca David Austin® Rose Rosa ‘Noaschnee’ – Flower Carpet® White Groundcover Rose Rosa ‘Radwhite’ – White Out Shrub Rose Spiraea prunifolia – Bridal Wreath Spirea Spiraea x media ‘Darsnorm’ – Snow Storm™ Spirea Thuja occidentalis ‘Degroot’s Spire’ – Dwarf Arborvitae* Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Popcorn’ – Doublefile Viburnum Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Shasta’ or ‘Lanarth’- Doublefile Viburnum Viburnum x juddii – Judd’s Viburnum Yucca filamentosa – Adam’s Needle Vines Clematis armandii ‘Snowdrift’ – Armand Clematis Clematis terniflora – Sweet Autumn Clematis Clematis ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’ and/or ‘Evitwo’ Artic Queen™ – Double White Clematis Ipomoea alba – Moonflower, Moon Vine Rosa banksiae – White Lady Bank’s Rose Rosa ‘Climbing Iceberg’ or ‘Bobbie James’ or ‘Sally Holmes’ – Climbing Hybrid Roses Rosa ‘Sombreuil’ – Antique White Climbing Rose Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ – Japanese Climbing Hydrangea Thunbergia alata ‘’White Form’’ – White Thunbergia Vine Trachelospermum jasminoides – Confederate Jasmine Perennials Acanthus mollis ‘Alba’ – White Bear’s Breeches Aconitum napellus ‘Album’ – White Flowered Monkshood Agapanthus ‘White Heaven’ – White Lily-of-the-Nile Allium schoenoprasum ‘Snowcap’ – White Flowering Chives Anemone hupehensis var. japonica ‘Avalanche’ – White Flowered Japanese Anemone Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ – Hybrid Anemone Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ – Artemisia* Artemsia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’ – Satiny Wormwood* Arundo donax ‘Peppermint Stick’ – Variegated Giant Reed Grass* Baptisia alba var. macrophylla – Largeleaf Wild White Indigo Bletilla striata ‘Alba Variegata’ – Variegated White Flowered Hardy Orchid Boltonia asteroides ‘Snowbank’ – False Aster, False Chamomile Campanula glomerata ‘Alba’ – White Clustered Bellflower Canna ‘Ermine’ – White Canna Lily Chrysanthemum rubellum ‘Venus’ – White Flowered Garden Mum Conoclinium coelestinum ‘Alba’ – White Mist Flower Coreopsis rosea ‘Alba’ – White Flowered Tickseed Crinum ‘White Prince’ – Crinum Lily Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ – White Old Fashion Bleeding heart Dictamnus albus (fraxinella) – Gas Plant Echinacea purpurea ‘White Angel’ or ‘White Swan’ – White Coneflower Eupatoriadelphus (Eupatorium) maculatum ‘Bartered Bride’ – White Spotted Joe Pye Weed Filipendula ulmaria ‘Flora Plena’ – Double White Meadowsweet, Queen of the Meadow Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ – Tall White Gaura Gaura lindheimeri ‘So White’ – White Gaura Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ or ‘Album’ – White Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’ – White Bloody Cranesbill Helleborus ‘Snow White’ – White Hybrid Hellebore Hemerocallis ‘Gentle Shepherd’ or ‘Joan Senior’ – White Flowered Daylily Hibiscus coccineus ‘Alba’ – White Texas Star Hibiscus Hibiscus ‘Blue River II’ – White Rose Mallow Iris cristata ‘Alba’ or ‘Tennessee White’ – White Dwarf Crested Iris Iris germanica ‘Immortality’ – White Bearded Iris Iris germanica ‘Eternal Bliss’ – White Bearded Iris Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’ or ‘White Swirl’ – White Siberian Iris Iris tectorum ‘Album’ or ‘Jimmy Stewart White Form’ – White Japanese Roof Iris Iris unguicularis ‘Great White’ – White Flowered Winter Blooming Iris Kalimeris pinnatifida – Japanese Aster Lavandula x intermedia ‘Alba’ – White Flowered Lavender Liatris spicata ‘Floristan White’ – White Gayfeather Lychnis coronaria ‘Alba’ – White Rose Campion Miscanthus sinensis ‘Cosmopolitan’ and/or ‘Dixieland’ – Variegated Maiden Grass* Monarda ‘Snow White’ – White Beebalm Nepeta x faassenii ‘Snowflake’ or ‘Alba’ – White Catmint Oenothera speciosa ‘Alba’ – White Showy Evening Primrose Paeonia ‘Krinkle White’ and/or ‘White Grace’ – White Hybrid Peony Penstemon ‘Snowstorm’ – White Penstemon Phlox divaricata ‘Fuller’s White’ – White Woodland Phlox Phlox paniculata ‘David’ – White Garden Phlox Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’ – White Obedient Plant Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Hakone White’ – Double White Balloon Flower Salvia farinacea ‘Augusta Duelberg’ – Perennial Mealy Cup Sage Salvia nemorosa ‘Snow Hill’ – White Meadow Sage Senecio viravira – Argentine Dustymiller* Stachys minor ‘Alba’ – White Hedgenettle Stokesia laevis ‘Silver Moon’ – White Stoke’s Aster Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Bonningdale White’ – White New York Aster Verbena ‘Snowflurry’ – Perennial White Verbena Veronica spicata ‘Icicle’ – White Speedwell Zephyranthes candida – White Rain Lily Annuals & Biennials Angelonia angustifolia Serena™ White – Summer Snapdragon Bacopa (any superior white cultivars) – White Bacopa Begonia (any superior white cultivars) – White Begonia Brassica oleracea (White Foliage Forms) – Ornamental Cabbage, Kale, Chard Cleome hassleriana ‘Sparkler White’ or ‘Spirit Frost’– White Spider Flower** Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Sonata White’ – White Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Snow Puff’ – Double White Cosmos Dahlia (any superior white cultivars) – White Dahlia Datura metel ‘Alba’ – White Devil’s Trumpet, Horn of Plenty Dendranthemum (any superior white cultivars) – White Garden Mum Digitalis purpurea ‘Alba’ – White Foxglove Impatiens (any superior white cultivars) – White Impatiens Nemesia (any superior white cultivars) – White Nemesia Nicotiana sylvestris – White Woodland Tobacco** Nigella damascena ‘’White seed strain’’ – White Flowering Love-in-a-mist** Omphalodes linifolia – Venus’s Navelwort** Orthosiphon aristatus – White Cat’s Whiskers Papaver somniferum ‘Album’ – White Poppy** Pelargonium (any superior white cultivars) – White Geranium Pennisetum villosum – Feathertop Grass Pentas lanceolata ‘Butterfly White’ – Egyptian Starflower Petunia x hybrida (any superior white cultivars) – White Petunia Portulaca grandiflora Tequila™ White – White Purslane Salvia coccinea ‘Snow Nymph’ – White Texas Sage Salvia ‘Vatican White’ – Salvia (any superior white cultivars) – White Sage Verbena ‘Turkana White’ – White Trailing Verbena Viola x wittrockiana (any superior white cultivars) – White Pansy, Johnny Jump-up Zinnia ‘Profusion White’ – White Zinnia Bulbs used as Perennials & Annuals Allium giganteum ‘Album’ – White Ornamental Onion Allium karataviense ‘Ivory Queen’ Anemone blanda ‘White Splendour’ – White Windflower Anemone coronaria ‘Bride’ – White Grecian Windflower Anemone coronaria ‘Mount Everest’ – Double White Grecian Windflower Camassia leichtlinii ‘Sacajawea’ – White-edged Cammas Chionodoxa luciliae ‘Alba’ – White Glory of the Snow Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ – Double White Autumn Colchicum Colchicum autumnale ‘Album’ – White Autumn Colchicum Crocus cartwrightianus ‘Albus’ – White Fall Crocus Crocus ochroleucus – Fall Crocus Crocus speciosus ‘Albus’ – White Species Fall Crocus Crocus vernus ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ and/or ‘Purity’ Eremurus himalaicus – Himalayan Foxtail Lily Galanthus nivalis – Winter Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis var. monosticus – Fall Blooming Snowdrop Gladiolus (any superior white cultivars) – White Gladiolus Hyacinthoides hispanica ‘White City’ – White Spanish Bluebells Hyacinthus orientalis ‘Carnegie’ – White Hyacinth Ipheion uniflorum ‘White Star’ – Spring Starflower Iris x hollandia ‘Casablanca’ – White Dutch Iris Iris reticulata ‘Natascha’ – Dwarf White Rock Iris Leucojum aestivum – Summer Snowflake Lilium browni – Brown’s Lily and/or Lilium formosanum – Formosan Lily Lilium candidum – Madonna Lily Lilium ‘White Stargazer’ and/or ‘Casa Blanca’ – White Oriental Lily Lycoris x albiflora – White Surprise Lily Narcissus (any superior white cultivars) – White Daffodil, Jonquil Puschkinia scilloides ‘Alba’ – White Flowered Puschkinia Scilla siberica ‘Alba’ – White Siberian Squill Tulipa (any superior white cultivars) – White Tulip Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Albomaculata’ – White Spotted Calla Lily Tropicals Alocasia macrorrhiza ‘Vareigata’ – Variegated Giant Elephant Ear* Begonia maculata var. wightii – Polka Dot Begonia Brugmansia ‘Cypress Gardens’ – Dwarf White Angel’s Trumpet Brugmansia ‘Super Nova’ – White Angel’s Trumpet Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Variegata’ – Variegated Angel’s Trumpet Dianella tasmanica ‘Variegata’ – Variegated Tasmanian Flax* Plumbago auriculata ‘Alba’– White Cape Plumbago Xanthosoma atrovirens ‘Albo marginata’ – Mickey Mouse Taro* * Primary use is foliage ** Annual may seed 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