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{{Short description|Type of garden focused on multi- or monochromatism}}
[[File:Sissinghurst white garden.jpg|thumb|upright|The White Garden at [[Sissinghurst Castle Garden|Sissinghurst]]]]
A '''monochromatic garden''' is a [[garden]] in which a single color is highlighted.

==Single-color gardens==
Such a garden is planted so that it overwhelms the observer with a single color. While this may seem a rather bland approach at first, such gardens were made popular by the work of famous garden designers such as [[Gertrude Jekyll]] and [[Vita Sackville-West]]. Sackville-West, for example, created what may have been one of the most famous single-color gardens, the White Garden [[Garden room|room]] of the [[Sissinghurst Castle Garden]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Phillips |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhYli0YTEvQC&q=+%22single+Color+garden%22+-wikipedia |title=Color for Life |date=2004 |publisher=Ryland Peters & Small |isbn=978-1-84172-691-5 |pages=29, 77 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Patricia A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37BsJTbUHJMC&q=+%22single+Color+garden%22+-wikipedia |title=Perennials |date=1995 |publisher=Better Homes and Gardens Books |isbn=978-0-696-02554-9 |pages=24 |language=en |quote=Probably the most famous single-color garden is Vita Sackville-West's white garden at Sissinghurst in England.}}</ref>
[[File:Lytes Cary 2009 Red Garden.JPG|left|thumb|The red garden at [[Lytes Cary]]]]
Many single-color gardens use flowers of different shades, such as light yellow and deep gold, or a range that includes dark burgundy, bright scarlet, and also pink for a red garden.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Halpin |first=Anne Moyer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AimYik-qj_oC&q=%22single+Color+gardens%22 |title=Seascape Gardening: From New England to the Carolinas |date=2006-01-01 |publisher=Storey Publishing |isbn=978-1-58017-531-9 |pages=38 |language=en |chapter=Planning and Designing}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Better Homes & Gardens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acUMC_sxufIC&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA58 |title=Better Homes & Gardens Perennial Gardening |date=2010-12-28 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-87844-6 |pages=58–59 |language=en}}</ref> (A similar idea uses [[analogous colors]], such as purple, red, and orange, rather than a single color.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Lewis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_5KHXvqyOYC&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA35 |title=The Flower Gardener's Bible: A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long: 400 Favorite Flowers, Time-Tested Techniques, Creative Garden Designs, and a Lifetime of Gardening Wisdom |last2=Hill |first2=Nancy |date=2012-05-04 |publisher=Storey Publishing, LLC |isbn=978-1-60342-807-1 |pages=35 |language=en}}</ref>) Plants with colored leaves, such as silver leaves or plants with [[Variegation#Garden plants|variegated]] foliage for a white garden, might also be included.<ref name=":3" />

[[File:Britzer Garten - Rotengarten (Red Garden) - geo.hlipp.de - 28631.jpg|thumb|[[Britzer Garten]] has two monochromatic gardens, one in red and another in yellow.]]
The color for a monochromatic garden may be chosen for any reason, including to fit a small garden, as part of a clean, contemporary design, or to highlight a [[favorite color]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Irg-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA151 |title=The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard |date=2018-02-07 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-1-60469-791-9 |pages=151 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Another possibility is an all-green garden, which may feel peaceful or harmonious.<ref name=":2" /> A monochromatic [[Kitchen garden|edible garden]] is possible, but more challenging to design than a flower garden in any color except green.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Soler |first=Ivette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plbMQy5V5I0C&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA108 |title=The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden |date=2011-02-23 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-1-60469-199-3 |pages=108 |language=en}}</ref> Yellow variegated leaves can be difficult to include in a multi-colored garden, but they blend easily into an all-yellow garden, such as all-yellow Gold Border garden at [[Wave Hill]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Christopher |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDqRDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA59 |title=Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill |date=2019-09-17 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-1-60469-851-0 |pages=58–69 |language=en}}</ref>

Beyond the choice of color, single-color gardens are designed with a variety of types and sizes of flowers as well as plants of different heights, shapes and textures.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Other elements of the garden, such as pathways, walls, and furniture, may match or contrast with the chosen color.<ref name=":3" />

===White garden===
[[File:The White Garden and Orangery, Kensington Palace.jpg|thumb|left|White Garden at [[Kensington Palace]]]]
A white garden is a feature [[garden]] composed of plants that produce white [[flower]]s and spathes as well as plants with a white or silvery cast to their foliage. The white garden is a variant of the color garden. The most essential feature of the white garden is its unity of color.
[[File:Le jardin blanc au crépuscule.jpg|thumb|1912 painting by [[Henri Le Sidaner]] of a white garden at dusk]]
The white garden is an informal gardening style that is similar in design to the English cottage garden. The open and informal design creates associations with romance, peace, and elegance. The white flowers are not usually placed in clusters, but spread throughout the garden's green areas, creating a natural look and feel. The mildly dense placement of white flowers creates a luminescent sight that is especially powerful in the [[twilight]]. Because of this effect, they are sometimes called ''[[moon garden]]s''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heath |first=Carolyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqR800lRgpYC&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA92 |title=550 Perennial Garden Ideas |date=1994 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-79839-0 |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref>

The white flowers in a white garden are not necessarily pure white; they may have hints of other colors, such as gray, blue, pink, yellow, or green.<ref name=":0" /> The White Garden at Sissinghurst, for example, contains white, grey and silver.<ref>{{cite web |author=Helen Champion |title=A moonlit masterpiece at Sissinghurst Castle Garden |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle-garden/features/a-moonlit-masterpiece-at-sissinghurst-castle-garden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003221011/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle-garden/features/a-moonlit-masterpiece-at-sissinghurst-castle-garden |archive-date=3 October 2018 |access-date=3 October 2018 |work=National Trust}}</ref>

Flowers used in white gardens may include:
*White [[camellia]]
*[[Leucanthemum × superbum|Shasta daisy]]
*White [[syringa vulgaris|lilac]]
*[[lilium candidum|Madonna lily]]
*White [[vinca|periwinkle]]
*White [[rose]]

== Role of symbolism ==
The color white, and white flowers in particular, carry a vast amount of [[Plant symbolism|symbolism]].

In parts of the US in 1915, single-color flower gardens featuring yellow flowers were used as a symbol of support for [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's right to vote]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chapman |first=Mary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cQBAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22monochromatic+garden%22&pg=PA144 |title=Making Noise, Making News: Suffrage Print Culture and U.S. Modernism |date=2014-03-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-998830-3 |pages=143–144 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Gardens}}
* [[List of garden types]]

==References==
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[[Category:Types of garden]]

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