These native wildflowers have clustered flower heads of tiny white flowers that from a distance look like little patches of snow resting on the grass. This famous herb is terrific as a wildflower clump in a blooming meadow, they are also a favourite for dried flower arrangements.

Agapanthus Getty White is a sparkling plant with dense clusters of white flowers on erect stems. It is a sparkling plant and is dazzling against a dark green backdrop. They are terrific as cut flowers and are suited to both formal and modern style arrangements.

Ammi majus is tall, branching flower, with finely divided, feathery foliage. In summer, it bears an abundance of large round blooms made up of clusters of tiny white florets on tall, branched, slender stems. The delicate clusters add beauty and depth to bouquets and meadows alike.

Ammi visnaga is a feathery and delicate border annual with umbels of clear white flowers over fine, wispy foliage. In the garden they associate well with both annuals and perennials, luring bees and butterflies to their nectar rich flowers. In the vase the textured flower heads are a flower arrangers dream.

The Star series was bred to have “upward facing” flowers; it is similar to the Mckana varieties with elegant white flowers with long spurs and tidy mounds of fern like foliage. This pure white columbine looks equally wonderful in a sunny, herbaceous border or to light up a dark corner of the garden.

Arenaria montana is a classic little alpine or rock garden plant, still relatively unknown to many gardeners. The plant forms prostrate mats of evergreen foliage, blanketed by large white flowers. They are at their loveliest spilling over walls and will quickly fill in the spaces between stepping stones.

Armeria Maritima “Alba” is a beautiful white cultivar. One of the easiest grown perennials and a valuable rockery plant, and one that should always be included if choice is restricted. This compact, evergreen perennial grows in low clumps and sends up long stems from which globes of pure white blooms.

Pale greenish-white, pincushion-like flowers surrounded by a ruff of greenish white bracts are produced from June to October. The delicate Astrantia alba is perfect for naturalising in areas of moist, dappled shade. It works equally well in a woodland edge or in a mixed border.

Pomponette White boasts masses of tightly quilled, 4cm button flowers on neat, compact plants. They bloom repeatedly from late winter to late spring with lovely white fully double blooms.

This white flowered form of borage is not often written about. My first introduction was at the celebrated 'white' garden at Sissinghurst in England. The flowers are edible, garden visitors can be converted to herbal advocates simply by offering a taste of its white flower.

These exotic beauties, native to South America, can transform a terrace or patio into a tropical paradise. Angel Trumpets are large shrubs with lush foliage and masses of delightfully fragrant trumpets. In the cool, moist air of evening, their fragrance is spellbinding.

Campanula persicifolia is an old-fashioned cottage garden flower of great charm. From late spring to early summer the tall stems of wide-open blue bell flowers appear regularly. With tall, straight stems they are ideal for cutting.