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White winter gardens

White complements every color in the garden. But it can also carry a garden alone.

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'Easy Wave' white petunia

Dec 8 2009 12:51PM

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'Easy Wave' white petunia. Soft, fluttering petunias tumble through beds and over container lips.
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'Blanket White' petunia

Dec 8 2009 12:51PM

Proven Winners

'Blanket White' petunia. Soft, fluttering petunias tumble through beds and over container lips.
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White Star' poinsettia

Dec 8 2009 12:53PM

Fischer USA

Extend the white garden indoors with White Star poinsettia.
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Tulip "Maureen." (Handout photo by Neth

Dec 11 2009 11:53AM

Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center

Tulip 'Maureen.' Given six to eight weeks of artificial winter in your refrigerator, tulips produce their elegant cups in our Southern gardens.
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Proven Winners photo'Snow Princess' alyssum hang

Dec 8 2009 12:55PM

Chris Brown Photography

Snow Princess alyssum hanging basket.
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Proven Winners photo'Snow Princess' alyssum live

Dec 8 2009 12:55PM

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Snow Princess alyssum.
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The Alba plena camellia is in bloom at Bayou Bend

Dec 8 2009 12:56PM

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Alba plena camellia produces perfect double blooms.
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These highly fragrant narcissus resemble double w

Dec 8 2009 12:50PM

Kathy Huber /

Chronicle

These highly fragrant narcissus resemble double white roses. Care-free narcissus make their appearances year after year.
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Snowflakes (leucojum) naturalize in Houston garde

Dec 8 2009 12:57PM

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Snowflakes (leucojum) naturalize in Houston gardens.
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Dec 8 2009 4:20PM

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Evergreen pear, Pyrus kawakami, matures to about 25 feet and produces snowy white blooms in January or February.
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`Snowbird' pansy

Dec 8 2009 3:22PM

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'Snowbird' pansy.
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Dec 8 2009 4:08PM

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What's more ethereal than the white blooms of spirea?
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Closeup shots of "Mini Cyclamen," Mond

Dec 8 2009 3:22PM

Steve Ueckert /

Chronicle

Cyclamen, a worthy companion in well-draining shade or part shade, is especially cold-hardy.
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Dec 8 2009 4:22PM

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Star magnolia, Magnolia stellata, is a deciduous, many-petaled beauty if frost doesn't mar the blooms.
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Dec 8 2009 3:23PM

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White geranium.
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Dec 8 2009 4:23PM

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Tiny sweet olive blooms are barely noticeable until their sweet fragrance drifts your way.
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Dec 8 2009 3:23PM

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White snapdragon.
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Dichondra Silver Falls. HOUCHRON CAPTION (07/10/

Dec 8 2009 4:25PM

PanAmerican Seed

To separate whites, use silvery foliage such as 'Silver Falls' dichondra.
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p38#124 - 'Powis Castle' artemisia HOUCHRON C

Dec 8 2009 4:25PM

Allan M. Armitage

To separate whites, use silvery foliage such as 'Powis Castle' artemisia, a low-maintenance perennial for sun. It can be trained as a groundcover or as a small "tree."
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The soft, silvery foliage of lamb's ear complemen

Dec 8 2009 4:26PM

Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center

The soft, silvery foliage of lamb's ear (left) complement fragrant pink hyacinths.
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Dec 8 2009 4:27PM

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To separate whites, use silvery foliage such as dusty miller.
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