California Gardening: White shade garden in SoCal ideas?, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
How about some upright white fuchsias? I've ordered from this place before. The plants are small but grow really fast.
http://www.fuchsias.net/Color Catagories.htm/white up.htm

I grow Brunnera in my garden even though it's zone 9b. "Looking Glass" is a very pretty silver. It's not evergreen though. The variegated "Jack Frost' is very pretty also.
http://www.terranovanurseries.com/wholesale/modules.php?name...

I find that white dichondra reverts pretty quickly but it's very pretty anyway.

Variegated Pteris is beautiful. A little hard to find but you can generally buy it from flower vendors or indoor garden shops. It's a great shape and it's upright about 30" tall here.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54040/index.html

Hellebore "Mrs. Betty Ranicar" is a beautiful white double. (you can get this at Big Dipper Farm - or more expensively at Plant Delights Nursery)
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/90967/index.html

Another good ground cover is lemon button fern (12" tall). Very pretty and will spread. It's easily lifted and divided. Evergreen.

Here's a northern facing planting that I did that is evergreen (3 feet wide). The tree is A. Palmatum "Butterfly". Because it's in the shade though it doesn't have very much green in it so is basically a white tree. I like it a lot. It can be kept to 8 feet with careful pruning. This area is only 3 feet deep. You can see where the white dichondra has reverted.

Rocks are one of my favorite plants.