11.   Jefferson is a green glade replete with soaring cypresses, pines and magnolia trees that bear huge white blooms drunk with fragrance.

12.   The downside, he says, is that when white blooms fade, they turn a mushy brown.

13.   The foliage is dense, small and dark green, contrasting nicely with large clusters of small white blooms in spring.

14.   The foliage is dense, small and dark green, and contrasts nicely with large clusters of small white blooms in spring.

15.   The numerous, half-inch white blooms appear on long stems in spring or summer.

16.   The orchidlike, frilled white blooms have the slightest hint of lavender, and there is yellow in the crest.

17.   The painting, a mass of white blooms on a green background, was hanging in her Paris residence when she died.

18.   The sweet fragrance of Mexican plums drifts through the early-spring air, and swallowtails gather on the fluffy white blooms.

19.   The white blooms appear in spring, and the black fruit ripens in the fall.

20.   The white blooms with red stamens in spring are followed by fruit that can be used to make jelly.