Seasons of Bloom

Planning seasonal color? Here is a rough breakdown of the seasons when some common perennials bloom.

SPRING

Amsonia (Bluestar)
Anemone sylvestris
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Aquilegia canadensis
Armeria (Thrift)
Baptisia (False Indigo)
Bergenia
Brunnera macroph. (Bugloss)
Campanula (Bellflower)
Centranthus ruber
Corydalis lutea
Dianthus (Pinks)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
Digitalis (Foxglove) ...Biennial Doronicum (Leopard's-bane)
Epimedium
Euphorbia (Spurge)
Geranium (Cranesbill)
Geranium (Cranesbill) some
Geum (Avens)
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Iberis (Candytuft)
Iris (Bearded)
Iris cristata (Crested Iris)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Mertensia virginica
Nepeta (Catmint)
Paeonia (Peony)
Papaver or. (Oriental Poppy)
Penstemon
Phlox (Creeping)
Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
Polygonatum
Primula (Primrose)
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)

Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Tiarella (Foamflower)
Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
Trillium
Veronica 'Crater Lake Blue'
Viola odorata (Sweet Violet)

SUMMER

Achillea (Yarrow)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily)
Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Aster frikartii
Astilbe
C parthenium (Feverfew)
C. coccineum (Painted Daisy)
C. x superbum (Shasta Daisy)
Campanula carpatica
Ceratostigma (Plumbago)
Ceratotigma (Plumbago)
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum species:
Cimicifuga (Bugbane)
Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Delphinium
Dianthus (Pinks)
Echinacea purpurea
Echinops ritro (Globe Thistle)

Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)

Gaura lindheimeri
Filipendula rubra
Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
Heliopsis (Sunflower)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Hibiscus
Iris...Siberian and Japanese Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
Lavender (Subshrub)
Liatris (Gayfeather)
Ligularia (Groundsel)
Lilies (Bulbs)
Linaria purpurea (Toadflax) Lychnis (Catchfly)
Lobelia (Perennial types)
Lythrum (Loosestrife)
Malva (Mallow)
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Phlox paniculata (Tall)
Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan)
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Stokesia
Trollius (Globeflower)
Veronica (Speedwell)


Summer-Fall

Aconitum
Anemone japonica
Aster
Boltonia
Chrysanthemum
Eupatorium (Hardy Ageratum)
Helenium autumnale
Helianthus (Sunflower)
Kirengeshoma palmata
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
Salvia species
Schizostylis (Kaffir Lily)
Sedum
Solidago (Goldenrod)
Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)