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White Dahlias, Veronicastrum, Allium, and Impatiens in the White Garden.
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The White Garden
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White Dahlia and Veronicastrum
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A close-up of Veronicastrum virginicum album and Dahlia 'Wissenesse' shown on the left.
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The dark green leaves of Datura inoxia and the white flowers of Allium tuberosum growing through the frilly light green leaves of Perilla frutescens.
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Allium tuberosum, Perilla, and Datura
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Brillantaisia
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The Brillantaisia subulugarica, a member of the Acanthaceae family from tropical west Africa, is getting quite tall and should bloom soon.What will the flowers look like? No one knows‹but we should find out soon!
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Note the bit of the back of one of the petals in the top flower of this white Clematis--it appears to have a touch of pink.
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Clematis 'Huldine'
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Clematis 'Huldine'
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And now looking at the back of this group of flowers, their narrow purple stripes can clearly be seen.
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A low growing herbaceous Clematis with masses of small light blue flowers.
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Clematis heracleifolia
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Nicandra physalodes 'Black Pod'
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This fast growing Peruvian annual, a member of the Solanaceae family is the only species of its genus and is also known as Apple of Peru or Shoo-fly because it is thought to repel flies. It was the two shades of blue that caught my attention!
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In the Purple-Magenta bed, Lobelia 'Kompliment Deep Red' and Amaranthus hypocondriacus.
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Lobelia and Amaranthus
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Lobelia
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In the Red Rainbow bed--Lobelia 'Kompliment Deep Red' again. It may be late summer, but the Lobelias look as fresh as spring.
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A member of its own family, Phytolaccaceae, this tall spreading herbaceous perennial native to China and Japan, has hanging clusters of small somewhat flattened fruit.
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Phytolacca esculenta
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Phytolacca esculenta
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The genus name is from "phyton" for plant and "lac" for lake in reference to the color of the juice of the fruit which will soon turn a rich purplish-black. This species is native to China and Japan.
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An herbaceous perennial native to Japan, this member of the Verbenaceae family is covered with small blue flowers.
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Caryopteris divaricatus
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Caryopteris divaricatus
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With its bright blue flowers and very long reflexed stamens, these Caryopteris flowers are reminiscent of another member of the Verbenaceae family seen on July 5--Clerodendrum myricoides 'Ugandense'.
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