From a distance this spreading beauty looks almost pure white, a color that will definitely get your attention especially in a shady spot. As you come closer to take a look you’ll see that it is actually a series of variegated silvery-white leaves with green margins grouped tightly along trailing stems. ‘White Nancy’ forms a perfectly beautiful groundcover that spreads by stolons and is aggressive while not being invasive. It’s one of the easiest, most rewarding long season color plants for partial to full shade you can grow and even has a pleasing, mint-like, pure white bloom that first appears in late May and early June. It tolerate virtually any well-drained soil and will take a shearing if you feel it is misshapen or growing too aggressively, and come back even stronger and more beautiful than before. ‘White Nancy’ is extremely hardy and deer resistant so feel free to plant it in large groups or even in mixed containers for a shady patio or deck that could use its great color and great vigor.

Aggressive growing and floriferous, ‘Natchez’ covers itself with pure white towers of blooms from July through August. Best in a protected area in the north.

Bring unique drama to your landscape with the spiky flowers and upright habit of this perennial. Tangerine orange buds open to creamy white flowers over grass-like foliage.

Dense with a compact, spreading form, this selection will thrill with its massive June bloom that will light up any semi-shade to shade landscape. Masses of buds open to reveal star shaped flowers. Native shade loving plant. Substantial and attractive late spring bloom. Perfect as a specimen, along a foundation or for grouping along a shady border. Tolerates rough soil.

Compact and rounded, this selection jumps out with its shiny green foliage that serves as a backdrop for pure white flower clusters that open in mid to late June. Excellent for larger foundation areas or for grouping to form a hedge. 

A Kalmia with a neat, tidy, densely rounded form, ‘Snowdrift’ is renowned for big bunches of white buds that open to the purest white flower trusses of any Mt. Laurel selection. Dense and compact enough to perform well as a foundation plant, this selection’s form and big, shiny, medium green foliage also make it an ideal selection for grouping and naturalizing.

Well-branched with a wide, upright, bushy habit. Brilliant red buds open with white petal margins and white centers. Late flowering. A vigorous grower with new growth, reddish in color.

Miniature in habit and slower growing. Flowers are standard size with light pink buds opening almost pure white. A small wonder. This Richard Jaynes’ introduction is a 2003 Cary Award winner.

Tight, compact heads of semi-waved purple and green outer leaves with a creamy white center. The leaves of flowering cabbage give the plants their color which make them attractive as additions to your Fall beds and containers.