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- Ronnie Citron-Fink
- July 18, 2010
- 9:07 am
- 260 comments
There is something mystical and romantic about walking through a garden on a summer evening. The moonlight casts a spotlight of shadows capturing and emphasizing moody white flowers and shimmery plants amongst the greenery. The sounds are quietly eerie. Day lilies are closed up tight and sleeping. Nightfall brings entirely new and intoxicating fragrances that awaken the senses to a unique garden experience.
What is a night garden?
A night garden incorporates plantings whose, color, texture, sound, and scent can be appreciated in the evening. Sometimes night gardens are called “moon gardens”.
Are night gardens new?
According to this Lifescript article, night gardens have been around for a long time: “A night garden is not new to the contemporary world. Moonlight gardens were planted in medieval Japan using white or pale-colored rocks and sand. Pools of water caught the shine of the moon and white chrysanthemums cast a ghostly profile. In the 1600s India’s mogul emperor planted a stunning night blooming garden using fragrant and beautiful flowers like jasmine, narcissus, and lilies all in white.”
Why plant a night garden?
People who work all day and have busy schedules that keep them away from home until the evening get to enjoy the beauty of the garden. For those who want to unplug and unwind in the evening to the sounds of nature, a night garden is the perfect place to relax.
Where to plant a night garden?
Plant it in a place where you will enjoy it most. Small container night gardens are perfect for those with limited space.
What plants to plant in a night garden?
These plants listed on the DoItYourself site are night bloomers and aromatic, making them perfect for night gardens.
▪ moonflower
▪ white sand verbena
▪ fragrant plantain lily
▪ evening campion
▪ yucca
▪ night-flowering catchfly
▪ thornapple
▪ scarlet gaura
▪ citron daylily
▪ lemon lily
▪ evening iris
▪ evening star
▪ gumbo lily
▪ soapwort
▪ vesper iris
▪ evening primrose
▪ night blooming tropical waterlilies
▪ four o’clock
▪ desert lily
▪ white gaura
▪ evening stock
Do you have a night garden? Add some plants that you enjoy in the evening hours to the list above.
Read more: EcoNesting DIY, Home, Lawns & Gardens, Nature, container gardens, gardening, night gardens, plants, summer
Ronnie Citron-Fink
Ronnie Citron-Fink is a writer, editor and educator. She has written hundreds of articles about sustainable living, the environment, design, and family life for websites, books and magazines. Ronnie is the creator of Econesting, and the managing editor of Moms Clean Air Force. Ronnie was named one of the Top Ten Living Green Experts by Yahoo. Ronnie lives in New York with her family.
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How sad that these cats are going extinct due to our self serving actions!
Thank you, but I just can't take any more sad news. I have to find the daily cute.
Good tip
Very simple and comfortable looking! Thank You
260 comments
+ add your ownBeautiful, thank you for posting!
Artemsia with their silver foliage, hostas with a lot of white (white Christmas,Fire and Ice, etc)
Great article,thanks for sharing
Thank you Ronnie, for Sharing this!
I love night gardens. Thickly scented night blooming flowers and the stars reflecting on a rippling pond. So peaceful, and there is something very sensual about the scents and the stars, heavenly.
and night blooming jasmine. I love this idea, what a great project.
Sounds wonderful; will have to look at my garden anew!
Lovely.....
Noted. I have Mock Oranges with their white flowers and intoxicating scent at night. They flower when it rains - we have learnt that when they are in bud there is rain not far off.
beautiful
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