Native Plants: Flower Power in the Sun!

Flowers from March to October in Sun.

Flowers blooming all summer long is many a gardener's dream. If you garden with perennials this takes some advance thinking for sure! Here are suggestions by month for blooming native perennials in full sun. Please note we all have different growing conditions. These bloom times are for an urban garden in Washington D.C. Your bloom times may vary based on your location! You may also notice a few perennials also show up on lists of plants for part shade. Plants that like part shade and sun, oh so great.

March

Moss Phlox (Phlox Subulata)

Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

April

Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

Moss Phlox (Phlox Subulata)

Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

May

Eastern bee balm (Monarda bradburiana)

Blue flag iris (Iris veriscolor)

Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana or Amsonia hubrichtii)

Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)

False blue indigo (Baptisia australis)

Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis)

Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)

Wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)

Wild indigo (Baptisia)

June

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Bee balm (Monarda)

Blue flag iris (Iris veriscolor)

Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)

Milkweed (Asclepias purpurescens, Asclepias tuberosa)

Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis)

Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)

Wild indigo (Baptisia)

July

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace')

Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)

Blazing star (Liatris spicata)

Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

Milkweed (Asclepias purpurescens, Asclepias tuberosa)

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis)

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' (Phlox paniculata 'Jeana')

Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)

Stoke's aster (Stokesia laevis)

Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)

Tickseed (Coreopsis)

August

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)

Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

Joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' (Phlox paniculata 'Jeana')

Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)

September

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Asters (Symphiotrichum)

Goldenrods (Solidago)

Joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' (Phlox paniculata 'Jeana')

October

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Asters (Symphiotrichum)

Goldenrods (Solidago)

Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)

Please do add your suggestions below. A sunny succession of flowers sows a season of smiles!