Perennials In Bloom - Month By Month

March

Common Name Botanical Name
Crocus Crocus
Glory of the Snow Chionodoxa
Winter Aconite Eranthis
Snowdrop Galathus
Christmas Rose Helleborus
Lenten Rose Helleborus
Iris Iris danfordiae
Iris Iris reticulata
Stripped 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 Narcissuc 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
Thirft 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 Euphoriba
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 Carolinamaculata, 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