About this box
White flowers do something no other colour can. In full sun they look cool and calm, and as the light fades they seem to brighten, so a white border is at its best on a summer evening when everything else has gone grey. The Moonlight Garden Collection gathers ten of our favourite white flowers to plant that kind of border, and three of them add scent that builds after dark.
The shapes are what keep an all-white planting interesting. Ammi majus gives lace, Gypsophila Covent Garden a soft cloud, and Foxglove Alba White tall spires for the back of the border. Cosmos Purity and Malva Snow White open wide clean saucers, Achillea Ballerina carries flat plates, and Cornflower Snowman gives neat double buttons. For the evening, Nicotiana Starlight Dancer opens its starry flowers and releases its perfume at dusk, Sweet Rocket scents the air in late spring, and Sweet Pea Swan Lake climbs a wigwam with pure white, scented blooms.
Six annuals flower the first summer, two biennials follow the next spring, and two perennials come back for years, so the border keeps going. For the opposite mood, The Midnight Garden Collection gathers our darkest flowers, and the two boxes are striking planted together.
Grow your own wedding flowers
White flowers are what most couples want, and this box is a good start on DIY wedding flowers. Cornflower Snowman is the classic English buttonhole, and Ammi, Gypsophila, Cosmos and sweet peas fill buckets for jars and bouquets. For a wedding between July and September, sow the annuals the spring before. For a May or June wedding, sow the foxgloves and sweet rocket the summer before, so they flower in time.
Full instructions are printed on every packet. Ten full-sized packets in our signature eco-friendly packaging – a thoughtful gift for an engaged couple, a new home, or anyone who loves a quiet evening in the garden.
