White flowers are the perfect choice to give a garden a cool, crisp feel. If you like to spend time in your garden at night, the white flowers will offer a sort of glow.
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Not to mention, white flowers go with any garden design.
To help you choose the best white flowers for your garden, here are 19 white flowers perfect for growing in Australia.
19 white flowers perfect for your garden
1. Chinese star jasmine
Chinese star jasmine is a hardy climbing perennial that’s very popular because of its fragrant scent and white flower. It prefers full sun but can tolerate some shade. Water regularly and keep the soil moist but not too moist. During spring and summer, it can benefit from a slow-release fertiliser. This plant can grow out of control, so prune regularly.
2. Sweet alyssum
Sweet alyssum is another popular choice because of its white flowers. As well as white, Lobularia can also produce pink, lavender, or purple flowers. Sweet alyssum prefers a warm-temperate, which can tolerate partial shade but prefers full sun and regular watering. This white flower will benefit from a controlled-release fertiliser at the beginning of the growing season.
3. Swan River daisy
Swan River daisy is an Australian native. The colourful white flower annual comes in a variety of colours, including white. Pick a sunny spot with well-draining soil, and your Swan River Daisies bloom from summer through autumn. Deadheading the flowers can help them grow bigger and brighter blooms.
4. Shasta daisy
The Shasta daisy is a popular flowering plant grown in Australia. Shasta daisy needs at least six hours of full sun daily to reap the benefits of the beautiful white flowers. Excitingly, the Shasta daisy is a perennial that can easily be divided to grow more plants. Here’s how to divide plants in three easy steps.
5. Azalea
Azaleas are a top choice for covering an area of your garden with white flowers. Grown in a temperate climate, azaleas are a type of rhododendron and tend to bloom from late winter to spring but are also suited to subtropical regions. Here’s how to grow and care for azaleas
6. Convolvulus
Convolvulus, also known as bindweed or morning glory, are plants native to Australia that can be grown as annuals or perennials. Like most flowering plants, they like full sun, regular water and fertiliser.
7. Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums grow best in cool to mild temperatures, and they need plenty of sunshine to grow. Look for a sunny spot in your garden without wind. Here’s how to grow and care for Chrysanthemums.
8. Frangipani
Sometimes considered the most beautiful white flower, with its gorgeous blossoms and unmistakable fragrance, frangipani (Plumeria sp.) is an ideal flowering tree for your backyard. Frangipanis will thrive anywhere with sunny summer days and frost-free winters. Here’s how to grow and care for frangipanis.
9. Easter lily
Easter lily is native to Japan but grown in Australia and is famous for its large white flowers. Easter lilies prefer full sun but may need shade during the hottest part of the day, regular watering and well-draining soil. They can be grown in most parts of Australia if the weather isn’t too hot or too cold.
10. White fuchsia
White fuchsia is another easy-to-grow plant. It prefers filtered sunlight, regular watering and fertilisation.
11. Queen Anne’s lace
Queen Anne’s lace is known for its lacy white flowers and foliage and prefers full sun and regular watering. It’s worth noting that Queen Anne’s lace has become an invasive weed, so plant it with caution.
12. Dahlia
The easiest way to grow dahlias is from tubers sold packaged (like bulbs) in late winter and spring. These plants are sun-lovers, so choose a sunny position in the garden where they’ll get at least six hours of sunlight. Here’s how to grow and care for dahlias.
13. Petunia
Petunias come in various flower types and colours and can be grown from seed in your garden. But the quickest way is to buy seedlings from your local nursery. Whether you plant petunias in a pot or on the ground doesn’t matter. The secret to growing petunias is the sun! Here’s how to grow and care for petunias.
14. Japanese windflower
Japanese windflower, also known as anemone, is a popular ornamental plant grown in Australia. It can be poisonous to pets, though, so if you have a dog, give this one a miss.
15. NZ rock lily
The New Zealand rock lily, also known as Arthropodium cirratum, is a perennial plant native to New Zealand but grown in Australia. It prefers full sun or part shade, growing well everywhere except for cooler climates. This plant is also toxic to pets.
16. Orchid
Orchids grow worldwide, except Antarctica – but the most dazzling are in Asia and Australia. In the wild, many orchids are epiphytes or lithophytes and grow attached to trees or rock crevices, absorbing water and nutrients from the rain, air and plant litter. Here’s how to grow and care for orchids.
17. Calla lily
Native to South Africa but widely grown in Australia, Calla lily prefers full sun or part shade. Calla lilies can also be toxic to pets.
18. Magnolia
There’s nothing like a bull bay magnolia in spring and summer, with its flowers dropped like dollops of vanilla ice cream on its big leaves. Here’s how to grow and care for magnolias.
19. Lily of the valley
Lily of the Valley is a shade-loving plant that prefers moist, well-draining soil and needs plenty of room to grow. It is not drought-tolerant and would be more suitable for cooler climates in Australia.
What are the easiest white flowers to grow?
Sweet Alyssum is one of the easiest to grow among the white flowers listed. Here’s why:
- Climate tolerance: Sweet Alyssum thrives in various climates, particularly warm-temperate ones, and can tolerate partial shade and full sun.
- Low maintenance: This plant requires regular watering and benefits from a controlled-release fertiliser at the beginning of the growing season. It’s generally undemanding and resilient, making it ideal for gardeners of all skill levels.
- Fast-growing: Sweet Alyssum quickly fills in garden spaces, producing masses of small, fragrant white flowers with minimal effort.
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