A white garden, cool, calm and classic.
A white garden is the most elegant scheme there is: white flowers and silver foliage against green, glowing at dusk and never clashing. Made famous by Sissinghurst, it is timeless – and it can be designed onto a photo of your own borders.
First design free · no card needed · UK plants
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BeforeWhy a white garden works so well
White is the one colour that never argues with itself. A border built from whites, creams and silvers – all set against green – reads as calm, sophisticated and cohesive in a way a mixed-colour border rarely does. And there is a magic hour: as the light fades, white flowers seem to float and glow, so a white garden comes into its own exactly when you are most likely to be sitting out on a summer evening.
The secret is not white alone but white plus green and silver. Green structure – clipped evergreens, ferns, a backbone of foliage – gives the whites something to shine against, and silver leaves bridge between them so the scheme feels rich rather than stark.
Plants for a white garden
Your planting plan lists them in full, with how many to buy and where each goes – so the garden in the picture is one you can actually plant.
White roses
the heart of a white garden – scent and romance
White foxgloves
tall, ghostly spires that glow at dusk
White delphiniums
towering white candles for the back of the border
White phlox
scented clouds of white through high summer
Silver-leaved plants
lamb's ears and artemisia to knit whites together
White Japanese anemones
elegant late-summer flowers on tall stems
White cosmos
airy, long-flowering daisies for movement
White salvias
spires that flower for months in a white scheme
White lily-flowered tulips
for a cool, crisp spring display
Green structure
clipped box and ferns to hold the whites in a frame of green
See a white garden on your own borders
Upload a photo of your garden, choose a white scheme, and see it redesigned in cool whites, creams and silvers – a photorealistic picture of your own space, keeping your structure as it is.
When you love it, the planting plan names every plant, how many to buy and where each goes, with a flowering calendar. Your first design is free, so you can see it before spending anything.
Good to know.
Everything people ask about a white garden.
How does the AI garden design work?
Upload a photo of your garden or a single border, and tell us what you'd like: refresh your borders, keeping your garden's shape, or redesign the whole space with new layout, paths and planting. Pick a style, and we generate a photorealistic redesign of your actual garden. When you love one, unlock its planting plan – every plant, how many to buy, and where each goes.
Are the plants real – can I actually buy and plant them?
Yes. Every design can become a planting plan of real, available UK plants, with quantities, each plant's mature height and spread, where it goes and a month-by-month flowering guide. The plans are built on real horticultural data and shaped by a professional gardener – not generic AI guesses – so the garden in the picture is a garden you can genuinely plant.
Is the first design really free, and what does it cost after?
Your first design is genuinely free, with no card required. After that, subscriptions start at £19 a month. The professional planting plan is a separate one-off you only buy if you want to make a design real.
Is a white garden hard to keep looking good?
It asks for a little more deadheading than most, because tired white flowers show browning more than colours do. Choosing plenty of green and silver foliage, and a few long-flowering whites, keeps it looking fresh with modest effort.
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See it redesigned in about two minutes. The first one's on us.