It’s summer! The soil up here in the Pacific Northwest is beginning to dry out a bit after our deluges.
Today I want to share some white beauties in bloom. I gravitate toward white and feature a good amount here because it shines so clearly from Coppertop’s many shady areas and blends excellently with all colors. Starting closest to the house…
ONE – Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ is blooming in the area we call The Black Arches this week. One other of the same cultivar has finished blooming, but this one takes longer due to its shady spot. As I look out the kitchen window, it gleams.
TWO – Viburnum opulus are fading now, but their graceful snowball-laden boughs are a yearly joy. We tie them to arches to add to the romance.
THREE – Last week I saw a few posts about Kousa dogwoods. My young Cornus kousa in the center of the perennial beds is not loaded with blooms this year, but it is graced by a few lovely flowers.
FOUR – We call the white, red, and black raised bed Chicken Hill Bed. The stately white delphinium with black bees (Magic Fountains series) were started from seed a few years ago and are approaching peak bloom.
SIX – At the bottom of the hill near the cutting beds, the Marionberry blackberry trellis is just beginning to pop with white this week. We’ll harvest berries in August. These flowers remind me of astrantia.
SIX – Along one edge of the rose garden, this Spiraea nipponica ‘Snowmound’ couldn’t be prettier.
If you’re eager to see garden beauty from around the world, be sure to visit The Propagator who hosts Six on Saturday, and access links in his post’s comments.
Gardens at Coppertop 
The Chicken Hill Bed looks great. Good name too! A lovely white flowers themed Six.
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I appreciate that!
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Me too my cornus kousa is not loaded with flowers this year and the rain we had, puts its head down.
Very pretty flower spikes of delphiniums.
The whole of your garden is looking nice and is very well managed. Well done March !
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It’s interesting how even trees need a break some years, Fred.
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In have been thinking about buying Clematis Guernsey Cream for a shady area. Great blog as always.
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Thank you! The clematis is an easy one to manage and creates a solid stand in no time.
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‘Guernsey Cream’ is a winner, and I love that white Delphinium!
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Thanks, Jason!
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Can’t pick a favorite- those are all beautiful!
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You’re a kind lady, Lauren.
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I’ve enjoyed your theme on white. What a lovely view from your kitchen, if your sink looks over this, it makes the washing up take longer!
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Thank you, Noelle. The clematis is a distance away but definitely draws the eye.
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At last! I have been wondering what the Spiraea nipponica was called. I had this shrub many years ago in my previous garden but didn’t know it’s name. I always liked the “weeping” branches because, even when the flowers were finished, the shape of the shrub made it worth keeping . As you say, white flowers brighten up the shade flowerbeds.
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These spiraea offer so much! The fresh stems have a lovely purple hue, too. Have a great gardening week, Granny.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, “shaded”.
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What a lovely selection of white flowering plants. The dark centred delphiniums are very striking.
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I like the way they stand out — and stand up! One pack of seeds a few years ago… Thanks for visiting.
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Chicken Hill Bed & The Black Arches! What a magical garden this is, simply because of lovely imagery in the names. I love that!
I’ve just taken delivery of Spirea Magic Carpet, and I’m liking your comment above about the purple hue. Happy gardening.
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Such a sweet comment — and Happy Gardening to you, as well. (I’m proudly 1/8 Irish!)
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1/8th Irish… Shur as we say, the goodness has to come out somewhere! You’re right to be proud. For over 700 years we were trampled subjugated. So, walk tall, a chara.
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Hi March. The white delphiniums are very striking and I love the Spiraea too. Are those foxgloves behind it? Lovely!
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Hello there, Cathy, and thanks for stopping in! I believe you’re noticing Lupine Hill on the slope.
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Oh, the blackberries are RAD! Not many people know or care how to prune them. They are available in nurseries here, and people sometimes plant them, but then just let them go wild.
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Hi Tony! Yep, I’m not into these canes turning into brambles so I don thick leather gloves in March and prune out all floricanes that bore berries. I add compost or manure to the long row of canes and that’s it. So easy and so tasty! Have a good week.
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Yes, the simplicity is part of what is so frustrating about it. I mean, any gardener should know how to do it, but no one does it.
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Your white delphiniums are amazing and I just love the Spirea ‘Snowbound’. What a pretty shape!
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Thank you. It is a very pleasing spiraea!
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‘Guernsey Cream” is such a beautiful clematis, and it looks so strong and healthy. In the Chicken Hill Bed (cute name!) the white delphiniums are very impressive. Love the whole area where you have your Viburnum, and the Spiraea is truly gorgeous, I had one in a previous garden, I could be tempted again.
Thanks for treating us to your white-themed six.
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Hi Catherine! Chicken Hill Bed is aptly named because our hens live in their mansion-of-sorts upon the
hill. 🙂
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A beautiful Six from your beautiful garden. Guernsey Cream has long finished for me but mine was/is visible from the kitchen window as well.
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A nice view! Makes washing dishes almost pleasurable. Almost. 🙂
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