Perennials: Flowering Seasons
Genus | Common Name | Blooming Time |
---|---|---|
Achillea | Yarrow | June-July |
Alchemilla | Lady’s Mantle | June-July |
Allium | Wild Onion | May-Aug |
Alcea | Hollyhock (biennial) | July |
Aquilegia | Columbine | May-June |
Arabis | Rock Cress | April |
Asclepias | Milkweed; Butterflyweed | July |
Aster | Aster | Sept–Oct |
Astilbe | Astilbe | June-Aug |
Aurinia | Basket-of-Gold | April |
Baptisia | Wild Blue Indigo | June |
Boltonia | Boltonia | Aug-Sept |
Campanula | Bellflower | June-July |
Chelone | Turtlehead | Aug-Sept |
Clematis | Clematis | June-Aug |
Convallaria | Lily of the Valley | May |
Coreopsis | Tickseed | July-Sept |
Corydalis | Fumitory | May-Aug |
Delphinium | Delphinium | July-Aug |
Dianthus | Pinks | June-July |
Dicentra | Bleeding Heart | May-June |
Dicentra | Fringed Bleeding Heart | June-Aug |
Digitalis | Foxglove | June-July |
Doronicum | Leopard’s Bane | April-May |
Draba | Draba | April |
Echinacea | Coneflower | July-Sept |
Echinops | Globe Thistle | July-Sept |
Eutrochium | Joe Pye Weed | Sept |
Filipendula | Meadowsweet | July |
Gaillardia | Blanketflower | June-Sept |
Geranium | Cranesbill | June-August |
Gypsophila | Baby’s Breath | July-August |
Helenium | Helen’s Flower | August-Sept |
Hemerocallis | Daylily | July-August |
Heuchera | Coral Bells | June-July |
Heliopsis | Heliopsis | July-Sept |
Iberis | Candytuft | May |
Iris | Siberian & Bearded Iris | June |
Iris | Japanese Iris | July |
Leucanthemum | Shasta Daisy | June-July |
Liatris | Blazing Star | August-Sept |
Lilium | Asiatic Lily | June-July |
Lilium | Oriental Lily | July-August |
Limonium | Sea Lavender | July-August |
Mertensia | Virginia Bluebells | April-May |
Monarda | Bee Balm | July-August |
Myosotis | Forget-Me-Not | May-June |
Narcissus | Daffodil | April-May |
Paeonia | Peony | May-June |
Papaver | Oriental Poppy | June |
Penstemon | Beardtongue | June-August |
Perovskia | Russian Sage | July-August |
Phlox | Spring Phlox; Summer Phlox | May; July-August |
Physostegia | Obedient Plant | August-Sept |
Platycodon | Balloon Flower | August |
Polemonium | Jacob’s Ladder | April-June |
Primula | Primrose | May-June |
Pulmonaria | Lungwort | April-May |
Rudbeckia | Black-Eyed Susan | July-Sept |
Sanguinaria | Bloodroot | April |
Scabiosa | Pincushion Flower | June-August |
Sedum | Showy Stonecrop | August-Sept |
Stokesia | Stokes Aster | July-Sept |
Thalictrum | Meadow Rue | June |
Thalictrum | Lavender Mist | July-August |
Tiarella | Foamflower | May-June |
Trollius | Globe Flower | May-June |
Tulipa | Species Tulips | April-May |
Tulipa | Hybrid Tulips | May-June |
Veronica | Speedwell | June-July |
From the GardenPro Answer Book; revised and updated by Lois Berg Stack, Ornamental Horticulture Specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension.