Looking for a garden project? How about creating a Moon Garden?
Moon Gardens are gardens that are enjoyed at night by the light of the moon. Our senses are heightened in the dark and we are more attuned to the sights, sounds and smells that encompass us. These gardens consist mainly of white flowers and silver foliage as they reflect the light of the moon. Many of the flowers are scented, especially those that release their scent at night. All of this makes for a perfect garden to entertain in on those cool summer nights.
10 white sweet pea seeds
1/4 teaspoon Eryngium Planum 'White Glitter' - Flat Sea Holly
30 bunny tail seeds
1/4 teaspoon white cornflower seeds
10 Scabiosa caucasica - white seeds
1/4 teaspoon Green Mist seeds
20 Scabiosa atropurpurea white seeds
Eryngium Planum 'White Glitter' - Flat Sea Holly - an elegant perennial with a profusion of glistening silvery ivory flowers. It is extremely attractive to bees, butterflies and other insects. This Eryngium grows to 90cm and prefers full sun and well drained soil.
Scabiosa caucasica - White a delightful compact perennial. It features large flowers, up to 8cm across that have been a cut-flower staple for over a century.
Scabiosa atropurpurea are a hardy short-lived perennial but many people treat it as annual. It grows to approx 90cm, prefers full sun and grows in moderately fertile, well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil.
Cornflower White - Centaurea cyanus are annuals that flower during spring and summer. Plants grow to at least 90cm adding height and movement to the garden as they sway in the breeze.
Bunny Tails - Lagurus ovatus is an annual ornamental grass with plumes of white fluffy flowers that look like bunny tails. Growing to a height of 30cm
Green Mist (Ammi Visnaga) also known as False Queen Anne's Lace or Lace Flower is a hardy annual with fine foliage. It is free blooming with umbrella shaped heads of pale green to white flowers, the colour going with almost anything in the garden. It flowers Spring and Summer, attracting numerous beneficial insects.
Platycodon grandiflorus White - Balloon Flower - There are easy to grow, long-lived perennials. Large, long-lasting star-shaped flowers emerge from balloon-like buds in summer and will occasionally repeat bloom in the autumn.
Salvia verticillata 'White Rain' - evergreen perennial, forming a bushy mound of fuzzy olive-green leaves. Upright spikes of white flowers begin to appear in early summer, and will continue for weeks if the spent heads are regularly removed.
Sweet Peas for your Moon Garden
Mrs Collier for her strong vanilla scent.
Royal Wedding for its strong orange-jasmine scent.
Timeless for its frills.
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