Moon Garden Design: Create a Magical Night-Blooming Garden

A moon garden glows after dark with white flowers, silver foliage, and intoxicating fragrances—designed for evening enjoyment. No rigid rules exist; plant choices reflect personal taste, but certain categories shine in moonlight.

Night-Blooming Flowers

• Evening primrose, moonflower, angel's trumpet, night phlox

Intensely Fragrant Plants

• Flowering tobacco, columbine, pinks, honeysuckle, mock orange

Silver & Variegated Foliage

• Silver artemisia, lamb's ear, silver sage, thyme
• Variegated cannas, hostas, shrubs

White Vegetables for Novelty

• White eggplant, white pumpkins

Resources abound online and in books for additional design inspiration. Create a garden that comes alive when the sun goes down.