***Sequence of blooms and for how long in zone 5a LIST Part1

18 years ago

I was reading a book and the author included a helpful list of what

worked in her garden and how long it bloomed. I used that as a

reference in my plant choices. I mean, who wants a plant that hogs a lot of space and blooms for a week??

This year I decided to keep a record

or my own garden and share it.

I will be sending this info in several different posts as time allows.

If you'd like to keep track of this in your garden and share it ...might give me some ideas of other things to try.

ok here goes...I'm going to be doing this is small parts during breaks at work.

You might want to do a cut and paste of them and print them if you want all the PARTS

Starting with the first things to bloom and going to the last one.

for my zone 5a garden. (A) = annual P = perennial B = biennial

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BRUNIFOLIA - draba, (P) groundcover, 1-2" tall, bloooms yellow-

mar16-approx 3 weeks. full sun, slow grower

SCILLA SIBERICA - siberian squill, bulb, 2" tall, blooms blue-

April 1 for 1-2 weeks, can be sown in lawn and mowed later. full sun

IRIS RETICULATA - dwarf, (P) 3-5" purple blooms, April 12 for 3

weeks . full sun

'VON SION" heirloom daffoldil-, bulb 10" yellow April 13- for 10

days. full sun

RED BUD TREE, 4 ft tall now, pink april 13 for 23 days .full sun

CROCUS bulb yellow 2 " tall. a few days full sun

FORGET ME NOT- 5" tall, (P)? true blue, April 13- and still blooming

on July 1! Part sun

ALYSSUM SAXATILE COMPACTUM - BASKET OF GOLD, yellow, 12" tall, (P)!!

blooms second year from seed. April 16 for 35 days. full sun

GRAPE HYACINTH - bulb, blue, 4" tall, full sun or part sun, nasty

grassy foliage. April 16 for 25 days

DWARF IRIS- unnamed purple and white - 10 " tall, April 20 for 30

days full sun

CAMASSIA- bulb with lovely purple flowers - 18" sun- april 23 for

20 days

Next email will start flowers for May

Karen

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myfairychloe
18 years ago
What a great idea! I'm going to take notes and try this next year. Right now I have nothing blooming but some annuals I just bought this evening...I gave in after trying to buy only perennials but got tired of just greens. Are you doing something special to your forget-me-nots to keep them going? Mine stopped blooming about a month ago.
cheerpeople
Original Author
18 years ago
Ok- here's the first half of May blooms-
May flowers -part 1

May 5 'Dropmore Scarlet' Honeysuckle- 12 ft + on 5 yr old plant- orange/yellow, (P) vine sun still blooming- 3-4 months, don't do cuttings- layer to propagate.

May 7 "samobor" (P) geranium 18" in bloom. noteworthy dark variagation on leaves- dusty pink, blooms 4 weeks, sun- part shade, not exceptional

may 10 irish moss, - sagina subulata, (p) groundcover 1" tall, white, sun- part shade, slow grow, 3-4 weeks

may 11 * 'Purple sensation' allium, 2 weeks purple ball flowers 24" tall bulb (p)- can be dried, sun , seeds viable, will make new bulbs slowly

May 11- wood poppy 'flore plena' papaver- strange bushy plant with double yellow blooms. I've seen wood poppy in shade, mine is full sun (P) self seeds, still blooming 8+ weeks

May 11 - Cerastium, snow in summer (not snow on the mtn). gray fuzzy leaves, white flowers, pleasant mound, sun, dry soil ok, 8" at most- quick to spread, 5 weeks

May 11- dwarf yellow bearded iris (P)1 week- think I'll yank it!

May 12 black columbine with double flower, 3 weeks, part shade. black flowers 18"tall blooms second yr from seed

May 12 " gladiator' allium , taller lighter purple than purple sensation, sterile seeds, will make new bulbs slowly, 2 weeks

May 12 'May Night' salvia (P) purple 24", will bloom first yr from seed, longest bloom for my of salvias- 4 weeks, - then cut back for 50% rebloom-still blooming- july 7

May 12 Dianthus- unnamed pink (P) grey /green foliage- which is the main reason I grow it. Tough, drought tol, sun, 4 weeks

May 17 Blue columbine (P)- 2-3 weeks, part shade, drought tol. self seeds, blooms second yr from seed

may 17 gypsophylia repens - creeping babies breath - white, 4 ", sun, drought tol. seeds viable , 4 weeks

May 17 columbine canadescense- native, yellow- red, pennant blooms, part shade, drought tol, also blooms second yr from seed, too tall - 26"-

to be cont'd next week

myfairychloe- It's my first yr with forget me nots- mine aren't in shade.

karen
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