Every landscape plant (seed producers anyway) has a time during the growing season when it develops flower buds and blooms. The list below reflects blooming dates for common landscape plants in USDA Hardiness Zone 5.

Of course, in different zones, the actual dates of blooming may differ i.e. earlier in the South and later in the North. However, the relative time of bloom for various species will be the same. That is, crocus will bloom before candytuft which will bloom before coneflowers.

Bulbs
   

Perennials
Aster novae-belgii (Aug-Oct)
Ceratostigma plumbagmnoides (Aug-Oct)
Chrysanthemum morifolium (Aug-Oct)
Chrysanthemum x superbum (Jun-Oct)
Cortaderia selloana (Sep-Oct)
Eupatorium coelestinum (Aug-Oct)
Helenum auturnnale (Jul-Oct)
Heliopsis helianthoides (Jul-Oct)
Hibiscus moscheutos (Jul-Oct)
Lathyrus latifolius (Jun-Oct)
Polygonum cuspldatum var. compactum (Aug-Oct)
Salvia farinacea (Jul-Oct)
Sedum spectabile (Aug-Oct)

Shrubs
   

Trees

Vines
   

October
Aster novae-belgii (Aug-Oct)
Ceratostigma plumbagmnoides (Aug-Oct)
Chrysanthemum morifolium (Aug-Oct)
Chrysanthemum x superbum (Jun-Oct)
Cortaderia selloana (Sep-Oct)
Eupatorium coelestinum (Aug-Oct)
Helenum auturnnale(Jul-Oct)
Heliopsis helianthoides (Jul-Oct)
Hibiscus moscheutos (Jul-Oct)
Lathyrus latifolius (Jun-Oct)
Polygonum cuspldatum var. compactum (Aug-Oct)
Salvia farinacea (Jul-Oct)
Sedum spectabile (Aug-Oct)

 

 

 
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