Perennials in Bloom - Month to Month
Perennials in Bloom – Month by Month
March
Common Name / Botanical Name
Crocus / Crocus
Glory of the Snow / Chionodoxa
Winter Aconite / Eranthis
Snowdrop / Galanthus
Christmas Rose / Helleborus
Lenten Rose / Helleborus
Iris / Iris danfordiae
Iris / Iris reticulata
Striped Squill / Puschkinia
Squill / Scilla
April
Common Name / Botanical Name
Spring Adonis / Adonis
Golden Garlic / Allium moly
Anemone / Anemone sp. & cvs.
Pasque Flower / Anemone pulsatilla
Columbine / Aquilegia canadensis
Rock Cress / Arabis
False Rock Cress / Aubrietia
Basket of Gold / Aurinia (Alyssum)
Bergenia / Bergenia
Brunnera / Brunnera
Marsh Marigold / Caltha
Black Cohosh / Caulophyllum
Spring Beauty / Claytonia
Dutchman's Breeches / Dicentra eximia
Draba / Draba
Trout Lily / Erythronium americanum
Dogtooth Violet / E. Dens-canis cvs.
Crown Imperial / Fritillaria cvs.
Hepatica / Hepatica sp.
Hyacinth / Hyacinth sp.
Dwarf Iris / Iris pumila
Snowflake / Leucojum
Virginia Bluebell / Mertensia
Grape Hyacinth / Muscari cvs.
Daffodil / Narcissus cvs.
Blue-eyed Mary / Omphalodes
Japanese Spurge / Pachysandra
Creeping Phlox / Phlox sp.
Ground Phlox / Phlox subulata
Primrose / Primula sp. & cvs.
Lungwort / Pulmonaria cvs.
Bloodroot / Sanguinaria
Tulip / Tulipa sp. & cvs.
Violet / Viola sp. & cvs.
May
Common Name / Botanical Name
Stone Cress / Aethionema
Bugle Flower / Ajuga cvs.
Spring Anemone / Anemone sp.
Columbine / Aquilega hybrids
Thrift / Armeria
Alpine Aster / Aster alpinus
Masterwort / Astrantia major
Quamash / Camassia
Bluebells / Campanula poscharskyana
Corydalis / Corydalis sp.
Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium sp.
Pinks / Dianthus sp. & cvs.
Bleeding Hearts / Dicentra sp. & cvs.
Shooting Star / Dodecatheon sp.
Leopard's Bane / Doronicum
Bluebell / Endymion (Scilla)
Barrenwort / Epimedium sp.
Cushion Spurge / Euphorbia
Sweet Woodruff / Galium
Cranesbill / Geranium sp.
Avens / Geum sp.
Candy Tuft / Iberis
(Early) Iris / Iris intermedia
Spring Vetchling / Lathyrus Vernus
(Early) Peony / Paeonia cvs.
Fernleaf Peony / Paeonia tenufolia
Alpine Poppy / Papaver alpinus
Creeping Phlox / Phlox stolonifera
Jacob's Ladder / Polemonium
Solomon's Seal / Polygonatum
Primrose / Primula
Buttercup / Ranunculus
Wild Pink / Silene caroliniana
Blue-eyed Grass / Sisyrhinchium
False Solomon's Seal / Smilacina
Meadow Rue / Thalictrum
Foam Flower / Tiarella
Spiderwort / Tradescantia
Globeflower / Trollius
Tulip / Tulip cvs.
Bellwort / Uvularia
Speedwell / Veronica sp.
Violet / Viola
Barren Strawberry / Waldsteinia
June
Common Name / Botanical Name
Yarrow / Achillea
Rose Campion / Agrostamma (Lychnis)
Lady's Mantle / Alchemilla
Ornamental Onion / Allium sp.
Peruvian Lily / Alstromeria
Italian Bugloss / Anchusa
Pussytoes / Antennaria
Golden Marguerite / Anthemis
Fan Columbine / Aquilegia flabellata
Goat's Beard / Aruncus
Astilbe / Astilbe hybrids
False Indigo / Baptista
Bellflowers / Campanula sp.
Cupid's Dart / Catananche
Cornflower / Centaurea sp.
Red Valerian / (K) Centranthus
Snow in Summer / Cerastium
Shasta Daisy / Chrysanthemum
Golden Star / Chrysogonum
Clematis / Clematis integrifolia
Coreopsis / Coreopsis sp. & cvs.
Crown Vetch / Coronilla
Delphinium / Delphinium
Pinks / Dianthus
Gas Plant / Dictamnus
Foxglove / Digitalis
Mountain / Avens Dryas
Queen of the Prairie / Filipendula rubra
Queen of the Meadow / Filipendula ulmaria
Dropwort / Filipendula vulgaris
Blanket Flower / Gaillardia
Creeping Baby's Breath / Gypsophila repens
Sun Rose / Helianthemum
Lemon Daylily / Hemerocallis flava
Sweet Rocket / Hesperis
Coral Bells / Heuchera
Hardy Gloxinia / Incarvillea
Dutch Iris / Iris hybrids
Bearded Iris / Iris germanica
Siberian Iris / Iris sibirica
Dead Nettle / Lamium
Asiatic Lilies / Lilium
Flax / Linum
Lupine / Lupinus
Maltese Cross / Lychnis
Yellow Loosestrife / Lysimachia sp.
Welsch Poppy / Mecanopsis
CambricaBee Balm / Monarda
Catmint / Nepata
Evening Primrose / Oenothera
Peony / Paeonia
Oriental Poppy / Papaver orientale
Beardtongue / Penstemon
Phlox / Phlox Carolina, maculata, suffruticosa
Cinquefoil / Potentilla astrosanginea
Primrose / Primula beesiana, bullesiana, bulleyana
Salvia, Sage / Salvia superba
Rock Soapwort / Saponaria ocymoides
Scabiosa / Scabiosa
Checkerbloom / Sidalcea
Stachys, Betony / Stachys
Carolina Lupine / Thermopsis
Spike Speedwell / Veronica spiccata
July
Common Name / Botanical Name
Monkshood / Aconitum
Hollyhock / Alcea
Ornamental Onion / Allium sp.
Butterfly Weed / Asclepius
Aster / Aster x frikartii
Astilbe / Astilbe simplicifolia
Milky Bellflower / Campanula lactiflora
Knapweed / Centaurea
Black Snakeroot / Cimicifuga
Purple Coneflower / Echinacea
Globe Thistle / Echinops
Fleabane / Erigeron
Goat's Rue / Galega
Summer Hyacinth / Galtonia
Gentian / Gentiana sp.
Baby's Breath / Gypsophila
Sunflower / Helianthus
Daylily / Hemerocallis
Hosta / Hosta cvs.
Inula / Inula
Japanese Iris / Iris kaempferi
Red Hot Poker / Kniphofia tuckii
Perennial Sweet Pea / Lathyrus
Lavender / Lavendula
Oriental Lily / Lilium
Statice / Limonium
Golden Flax / Linum flavum
Purple Loosestrife / Lythrum
Mallow / Malva
Plume Poppy / Macleaya
Summer Phlox / Phlox paniculata
Obedient Plant / Physostegia
Yellow Coneflower / Rudbeckia laciniata
Rue / Ruta
Meadow Clary / Salvia pratensis
Stonecrop / Sedum sp.
Meadow Rue / Thatictrum
Yucca / Yucca
August
Common Name / Botanial Name
Monkshood / Aconitum
Pearly Everlasting / Anaphalis
Grapeleaf Anemone / Anemone vitifolia
Mugwort / Artemisis lactiflora
Italian Aster / Aster amellus
Turtlehead / Chelone sp.
Chrysanthemum / Chrysanthemum
Golden Aster / Chrysopsis
Clematis / Clematis heracleifolia
Mist Flower / Eupatorium sp.
Bottle Gentian / Gentiana andrewsii
Helenium / Helenium autumnale
Hosta / Hosta
Red Hot Poker / Kniphofia uvaria
Gayfeather / Liatris
Lily / Lilium speciosum
Lily Turf / Liriope
Blue Lobelia / Lobelia siphilitica
Fleece Flower / Polygonum
Black-eyed Susan / Rudbeckia
Stoke's Aster / Stokesia
Veronicastrum / Veronicastrum
September
Common Name / Botanical Name
Japanese Anemone / Anemone hybrids
Michaelmas Daisy / Aster
Fall Mums / Chrysanthemum
Bugbane / Cimicifuga simplex
Autumn Crocus / Colchicum
Hibiscus / Hibiscus
Waxbells / Kirengeshoma
Cardinal Flower / Lobelia cardinalis
Gooseneck Loosestrife / Lysimachia
Mountain Fleece / Polygnum
Sedum Ruby Glow / Sedum
October Daphne / Sedum sieboldii
Autumn Joy / Sedum spectabile
Goldenrod / Solidago
Tovara / Tovara
