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.
moss phlox Virginia bluebells
March
Moss Phlox (Phlox Subulata)
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
golden alexander moss phlox Virginia bluebells
April
Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Moss Phlox (Phlox Subulata)
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
bluestar 'hubrichtii' bee balm bowman's root 'pink profusion' blue flag iris golden alexander penstemon spiderwort spiderwort wild camassia wiId blue indigo wild blue indigo wild indigo
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)
anise hyssop bee balm 'jacob kline' eastern bee balm bee balm blue flag iris coneflower indian pink butterfly weed purple milkweed penstemon skullcap wild indigo
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)
anise hyssop sunflower bee balm 'Jacob Kline' black eyed susans coneflower coneflower blazing star joe pye weed butterfly weed obedient plant Phlox P. 'Jeana' penstemon skullcap stoke's aster swamp sunflower tickseed
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)
anise hyssop black-eyed susan culver's root mountain mint obedient plant obedient plant joe pye weed Phlox P. 'Jeana' swamp sunflower
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)
anise hyssop aster aster cultivar goldenrod goldenrod 'little lemon' joe pye weed obedient plant mountain mint Phlox P. 'Jeana'
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')
anise hyssop aster aster aster aster goldenrod
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!
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