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Article: Romancing the whites: white flowers and creamy foliage can make magic in moonlight or dappled shade.
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- Sunset
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- July 1, 1998
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White is such a quiet, unassuming color, never insisting on our attention. Yet it gets it. In fact, the cool beauty of an all-white garden on a warm summer day can freeze us in our tracks. Our knees buckle, our jaw drops, our breath quickens. Our overheated brain slows down. We're rooted in the moment and made mindful of all the small, wonderful details that make up a garden. And after dark it just gets better. Under moonlight, white flowers and foliage glow as if illuminated from within. How is it that white gardens create this magic? On the following pages, three gardeners share their theories on white gardens.
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