Where can I find a good guide to what flowers are in bloom each month?
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I gotcher guide right here! You must have missed yesterday's question....
This is a handout I used in my business. If you are south of Zone 4, you'll have more choices.
BLOOM SEQUENCE FOR PERENNIALS IN MAINE GARDENS
SPRING (APRIL-MAY)
Dutch bulbs
Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)
Aurinia saxatile (Basket of gold) (also called Alyssum saxatile)
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding heart)
Doronicum magnificum (Leopard’s bane)
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)
Phlox subulata (Creeping phlox)
Primula x polyantha (Primrose)
EARLY SUMMER (JUNE)
Anthemis tinctorius kelwayii (Kelway daisy)
Aquilegia hybrids (Columbine)
Centauria montana (perennial bachelor’s button)
Delphinium
Dianthus species (Pinks)
Dictamnus alba (Gas plant)
Geranium sanguinium (Cranesbill geranium, bloody cranesbill)
Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket)
Iris x Germanica (Bearded iris)
Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)
Lupinus polyphyllus (Lupine)
Malva (White mallow, rose mallow, high mallow)
Paeonia lactiflora (Peony)
Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy)
Polygonum bistortum (Bistort)
Saponaria ocymoides (Soapwort)
Salvia supurbum (Salvia)
MIDSUMMER (JULY TO MID-AUGUST)
Aruncus sylvestris (Goatsbeard)
Astilbe arendsii (Astilbe)
Campanula rotundifolia (Blue bells of Scotland)
Chrysanthemum maximum ‘Alaska’, ‘Agleya’’ (Shasta daisy)
Campanula glomerata suburba (Clustered bellflower)
Coreopsis grandiflora (Tickseed)
Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf coreopsis)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Gaillardia grandiflora (Blanket flower)
Galium verum (Lady’s bedstraw)
Gypsophila paniculata (Baby’s breath)
Helianthus (False sunflower)
Hemerocallis ssp. & hybrids (Daylily)
Liatris spicata (Gayfeather)
Lilium hybrids (Asiatic lily)
Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese cross)
Lythrum ‘Morden’s Pink’ (Loosestrife)
Monarda didyma (Bee balm)
Trollius ledebouri (Double buttercup)
Sedum ellacombianum, spurium)
LATE SUMMER (MID-AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agastache foeniculum (Anise hyssop)
Aster (New England, New Belgium, alpine, dwarf asters)
Astilbe Taquetti hybrids
Boltonia asteroides (Boltonia)
Cimicifuga ramosa atropurpurea
Dahlia, dinnerplate
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
Helenemium autumnale (Helen’s Flower)
Helianthus (False sunflower)
Kirengeshoma palmata (Yellow bellflower)
Lilium hybrids (Oriental lily)
Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)
Polygonum aubertii (Silver lace vine)
Rudbeckia fulgida, R. hirta (Black-eyed susan, gloriosa daisy)
Sedum ssp., especially Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’& Sedum sieboldii (Stonecrop)
Solidago canadensis (Goldenrod)
ONGOING (LONG-BLOOMING, OR FOLIAGE OF INTEREST ALL SUMMER)
Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed, esp. ‘Burgundy Glow’)
Artemesias (Silver King, Silver Queen, Silver Mound, Silverado)
Delphinium ‘Tom Pouce,’ ‘Blue Elf’
Dicentra luxuriant (Everblooming bleeding heart)
Edelweiss
Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion spurge)
Helictotrichon sempervivens (Blue oat grass)
Hosta (Plantain lily)
Lamium (Dead nettle)
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)
Nepeta mussini (Catmint)
Phalaris arundinacea picta (Ribbon grass)
Sempervivum (Hens & chicks)
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s ear)
Thymus species (Thyme)
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