Green and White
I often hear from clients that they want colour in their garden. But for me some of the most beautiful gardens can be created just out of green and white. This Spring has bought this to mind even more and more with the sunshine and clear skies setting off the multiple shades of green. The white’s have stuck out – so who needs colour. A trip round my garden reveals this beautiful tree with its white handkerchief’s hanging down ….
Davidia Involucrata tree (white Handkerchief tree)
Standard Viburnum Opulus
or this Viburnum with its standard head set against the dark green of the Yew. Or the combination of green and white on the newly emerging hosta, the variegated Fatsia by the pond or the ground covering Euonymous fortunei Emerald Gaeity
If its scent your after try this lovely fragrant white lilac – Syringia Vulgaris with its cluster of white dense flowers. Mine sits beautifully above an aucuba hedge dividing my garden with my neighbours.
Syringia Vulgaris
So don’t fret about colour combinations play it safe and create a calm mood with just Green and White.