Black Friday was yesterday. White Saturday seems appropriate today. Actually though, I lacked six pictures after a two week commitment from which I returned less than a week ago. These six were cut flowers where I was at. It is a long story. Apologies for this lapse of any personally relevant horticultural topics.
1. Gladiola is one flower that really excels at white! Except for the few at work, I have not grown them in many years. I grew some in yellow and orange in the old neighborhood in 2000 or so. They were fancy hybrids like this, so were not reliably perennial for too long.
2. Peruvian lily was one of the first cut flower crops that I worked with after my first year of college, for the summer of 1986, when they were new and trendy. White had not been developed back then. I am impressed by how white this variety is, with only minor spots.
3. Carnation is one of the most ubiquitous of cut flowers, but is also the only one of these six that I have never grown. I have worked with only bedding types and sweet William in landscapes at work. I did not get close enough to notice how fragrant this carnation was.
4. Rose is the most popular of cut flowers, although it does not seem to be as ubiquitous as carnations do. I can not remember ever not growing them. I acquired some that are in my garden now while I was in high school in about 1984 or 1985 and brought them here.
5. Chrysanthemum that grow in the landscapes at work were formerly potted plants that were left with us to be recycled. We selected none intentionally. They might be more fun like that. Anyway, this particular cut white chrysanthemum is impressively humongous!
6. Lily was a secondary cut flower crop that I worked with for the summer of 1986, along with the primary crop of Peruvian lily, which is not actually a lily. We grew Asiatic lilies, and we grew white lilies, but not white Asiatic lilies such as this. I am happily impressed.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
These are all stunning flowers in white – a ‘colour’ rarely used here and highly underrated I feel. The rose is so pure – I don’t think I have seen one as white as this one before with no hint of other colour at all.
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‘John F. Kennedy’ is my all time favorite rose, but as you describe, is unpopular with rose specialists because a few of its flowers can develop red streaks. I do not remember that being much of a problem. I only very rarely observed it. This particular rose is undoubtedly a modern cultivar that was developed for the cut flower industry.
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What fun! I didn’t know this was ‘white Saturday,’ but quite by chance I posted all white natives this morning. None is as purely white as these beauties, except perhaps for one, but they still qualify as ‘white.’
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OH MY! I was not aware of this either! I just happened to get six pictures of white (my favorite) flowers for the day after Black Friday!
These flowers are not mine, though. They are just cut flowers that someone else put out. They were mixed with other flowers, but I got pictures of those that are white.
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I like how white flowers can brighten up a garden. I also recall buying a bouquet for a child in hospital that was a fluffy dog made of carnations. Like this: Kind of silly, but it was perfect for a young patient in hospital.
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Some flowers, like Gladiolus, excel at white. However, some, like bougainvillea and crape myrtle, can be rather boring in white. White is my favorite color, but I am aware of its limits.
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I tend to plant pretty hot colors in the garden for cutting. But it’s always good to have some blue and white and pale yellow to cool things down. That mum is really spectacular. And I like Wisconsingarden’s dog, too.
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Yes! I am not often impressed by chrysanthemums, although I a very fond of them. This one was huge!
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That is an impressive collection of white flowers. White flowers work so well indoors as well as in the garden, and nice to see yours looking so good when here it is dreary. I usually can’t seem to be able to post on your blog, but this time I noticed something pop in to the side of the page.
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Oh, these are not my flowers. I was in a situation for two weeks that prevented me from getting out to get many pictures. These were cut flowers, like of florist quality, where I was at.
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Nice collection, I like the glads.
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Yes, I think that the gladiolas would be my favorite also if only they were in a better picture.
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