hands down, Viburnum carlesii or one of its forms such as Judd Viburnum... pink buds that open to white on a 6' ht. easily sheared (if desired) ball/dome-shaped shrub. Silvery green leaves. One of the most outstanding scents on earth. Available in compact size, but you will probably want the regular.

Some of the ornamental grasses would be good for interesting, graceful foliage.

Do NOT forget Baby's Breath or Calla Lilies, both used in making a beautiful bouquet! I would also use other types of Lilies that are white, as well as a ton of Roses. Jasmine would be very aromatic edging a sidewalk. ;o)

Thank you! What wonderful ideas! I will try to find these plants at our local nurseries.

Aphrodite rarely blooms, but many other hostas bloom white. Also there are hosta leaves that are white/green vs. yellow/green; Ask on the hosta forum.

Just an observation, though: I would hesitate to fully design my garden around three events in ten years that MIGHT happen... unless you happen to also like the colour scheme. Nothing wrong with getting your kids to set goals :-) but a waiting wedding garden could come across as "expectations..."

Karin L

If you're into hostas, there's a great place near Uxbridge where you can get them from a hosta farm (just google Handlebar hostas) - you can pick the foliages you love and that will go with your theme (like Night before Christmas or Spilt Milk). In my "white" garden are: lamium, spilt milk, variegated jacob's ladder and white rock cress - most are blooming now but all have white foliage. What about shasta daisies in it's various forms? I also have white campanula and white balloon flowers...

Good point, Karin L. Thankfully, I do like the peace of white. I love plants with interesting foliage. In fact, my favourite gardening book is "Foliage" by Nancy J. Ondra. She is so talented.

Wowee, thanks ON greenthumb! I am so enjoying Handlebar Hostas' website. I had no idea there were so many varieties of hostas. I am going to plan a trip to Uxbridge soon.

There are loads of white dahlias that you could plant. There are some dinner plate varieties, as well as pom pom and cactus varieties. Dahlias would make for great cut wedding flowers.

Tuberoses smell lovely, as does nicotania, alyssum, sweet peas, dianthus.

Annie's Annuals has a great plant finder that you can use to help you look for flowers by color, fragrance, zone, light etc. Have fun looking. I can't tell you how many hours I spend on her site!

You'd probably get more responses if you went to a regional forum for your zone or the perennials page. :-)

I can rec. white flowers but can't promise when they'll bloom there....

One other online resource you may want to try is perennials.com. If you use the advanced search, you should be able to pull up things for your zone in flowering at the right time in June :)

White astilbe for shade or part shade. Cimicfuga (actae), Delphinium, echinacea white swan, white peonies, hemerocallis sounds of silence is almost white - just a touch of yellow. alchemical mollis blooms green - so that might work. white baptisia, fringe tree would be really cool, hydrangea, spirea bridal wreath, anenome, daffodil thalia. leucanthemum becky, clethra -summer sweet, white iris,

What an odd coincidence that I am planting a series of gardens for a customer whose son is getting married on their property next June, and I am NOT allowed to plant anything that blooms white!
Good luck

Snow in summer has loads of dainty white flowers and that beautiful gray foliage as well. Candytuft is another nice low grower that would work depending on your elevation - it blooms in late May/June here in Reno.