Flower color

White flowers

381 garden plants with white blooms, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs. Build a white color scheme that lasts across the season.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's flower color tags and bloom colors, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 381 plants, 149 have been checked against outside sources (25 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Of the 1,785 plants in this library, 381 carry white, and they are here for one reason above the others: white outlasts the light. As dusk falls the eye shifts toward the blue end of the spectrum, so reds go black while whites and creams stay lit, which is why the classic white garden is planted where people sit in the evening. White is also the peacemaker of a mixed bed: a drift of it separates two colors that would otherwise fight. Two cautions. It is not one color, and a cold blue-white beside a warm cream reads as dirty rather than subtle. And it shows every browning petal, so it asks for more deadheading than anything else here.

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Abbotswood
Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'
Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow
Acoma
Lagerstroemia 'Acoma'
Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow
Actaea
Narcissus 'Actaea'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Adirondack
Malus 'Adirondack'
Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate
Alaska
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Alaska'
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Alba
Scilla luciliae 'Alba'
Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate
Alba
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Alba Plena
Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena'
Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Albostriata
Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata'
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Album
Colchicum autumnale 'Album'
Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate
Amazing Grace
Phlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Annabelle
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Part sunZones 3–95 ftModerate
Apple Blossom
Hippeastrum 'Apple Blossom'
Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Arabicum
Ornithogalum arabicum
Full sunZones 7–102 ftModerate
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
August Beauty
Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'
Part sunZones 8–115 ftHigh
Autumn Brilliance
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Bacopa
Chaenostoma cordatum
Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate
Ballerina Serviceberry
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Ballerina'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
Full sunZones 5–812 inModerate
Beauty of Moscow
Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Becky
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Becky'
Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate
Belle Étoile
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate
Biokovo
Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
Part sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Bobo Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo'
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Bolero
Rosa 'Meidelweis'
Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate
Bolero Rose
Rosa 'Meidelweis'
Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate
Boule de Neige
Rhododendron 'Boule de Neige'
Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate
Bridal Veil
Astilbe × arendsii 'Brautschleier'
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftHigh
Bridal Wreath
Spiraea × vanhouttei
Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate
Bright Eyes
Thunbergia alata 'Bright Eyes'
Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate
Burkwood
Viburnum × burkwoodii
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Foliage
Butterfly
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
Part shadeZones 5–813 ftModerate
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
California Poppy (Cream/White)
Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'
Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow
Calla Lily
Zantedeschia
Part sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh
Camelot White
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot White'
Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate
Campfire Marshmallow Bidens
Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'
Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow
Candytuft
Iberis sempervirens
Full sunZones 3–910 inLow
Carnegie
Hyacinthus 'Carnegie'
Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Chardonnay Pearls Deutzia
Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan'
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Chater's Double White
Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double White'
Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate
Checkered Lily Alba
Fritillaria meleagris 'Alba'
Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate
Cheerfulness
Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Cherokee Princess
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate
Chinese Fringe Flower
Loropetalum chinense
Part sunZones 7–98 ftModerate
Chinese Stewartia
Stewartia sinensis
Part sunZones 5–715 ftModerate
Christmas Gift
Hippeastrum 'Christmas Gift'
Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Cinnamon Snow
Helleborus × ballardiae 'Cinnamon Snow'
Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate
Claire Austin
Rosa 'Ausprior'
Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate
Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea petiolaris
Part shadeZones 4–838 ftModerate
Cloud Nine
Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine'
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Coconut Lime
Echinacea 'Coconut Lime'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Coconut Surprise
Dianthus 'Coconut Surprise'
Full sunZones 3–910 inLow
Cole's Select
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Cole's Select'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Constance Elliott
Passiflora caerulea 'Constance Elliott'
Full sunZones 6–913 ftModerate

White flowers by season

A plant is counted in every season it flowers in, so a long-flowering one appears in more than one. The named picks are the plants whose whole flowering sits in that season, not the ones that only pass through it.

Spring

March, April and May

231 plants

Summer

June, July and August

258 plants

  • Buttonbush

    Cephalanthus occidentalis · June to August

  • Calla Lily

    Zantedeschia · June to August

  • Jasmine

    Jasminum officinale · June to August

Fall

September, October and November

127 plants

  • White Mum

    Chrysanthemum 'White' · September to November

  • Album

    Colchicum autumnale 'Album' · September to October

  • Morning Light

    Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' · September to October

Winter

December, January and February

16 plants

White flowers for shade

127 of these 381 plants will flower in less than a full day of sun.

Part shade

77 plants

Part sun

45 plants

The longest-blooming white flowers

53 of these plants hold their flowers for 5 months or more. These are the longest of them.

White flowers by height

Mature height, in the three bands a border is planted in. Anything over 10 ft is structure rather than a border plant, and a climber is sized by whatever it is growing up, so both sit this out.

Front of the border

under 12 in

53 plants

Middle of the border

12 in to 3 ft

166 plants

Back of the border

3 ft and up

113 plants

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