HI Tracy! You and I are about the same zone..! I have the same problem- BUT- I can tell you that what you have- i dont.. and what I have, you don't!!! Here's what I have that is either STILL blooming now or just about to open- hot colors: orange & red asiatic lillies..( when they open- i'll post) Monarda- red columbine- still going like mad! stella d'oro daylily just opened. I htink you have this. Pinks/purples salvia ( garden sage jsut starting to fade and salvia ( may nigh tor somethign similar) is just coming into full glory pink monarda dianthus juuuustt starting to open lavendar ( two pathetic blooms on a pathetic plant- but time wise this should be perfect) Sea Thrift- pink Garlic chives/onion chives. ( mine havent' bloomed yet but some of the neighbors are in bloom now!) blue spider wort... easy to grow,spreads a bunch, critter resistant and actually is BLUE! looks great with orange! Mine is JUSSST about to open.. it may even have one flower open today. it can do a wide variety of sun & shade.. but it does need some shade.. not full sun white- in my rock garden i have a TON of daisies that spread like wildfire astible is also about to pop.. and as for May- you GOTTA get some daffodils.. I JUST planted soo many this winter- we had a warm front and someone gave me them so i hurried to dig them in in February!!! and I had over 200 daffodils in April through end of may! ps- I also plan on getting alium for sure- but that not a late spring bloomer for us... it would be fading now I beleive.My sis's is fading for sometime now.

Thanks for the update Kevin. Great garden! Hopefully you'll receive some rain soon to fill them rain barrels up.

Ratdogheads, not much repeat on The Pilgrim here, but that is because it is almost too tender to survive in this climate and struggles to come back from the ground each spring. I grow it because the blooms are one of my favorites and even a few for a several weeks a year are worth it to me. Cynthia, The Yeoman, lives in a pot and is kept indoors in my unheated storage room. Temperatures there seldom go below -10C (17 F). So it hasn't really experienced zone 4 temperatures since I got it. It has taken 4 years to really get going, but I am loving it this summer. It is a wee blooming machine now it has developed a good root system. Seems to like growing in a pot too. Geoff Hamilton this morning. This rose is gorgeous and fragrant, now four years old. He hasn't re-bloomed well in the past, but this year doesn't want to stop. I have finally learned patience with roses in a cold zone. Many take four or more years to grow a good root system and really get going. Short growing season and a need to come back from a very servere die back every year means they need lots of time to establish roots before I judge them. Note: You can click on the smaller format images to enlarge them. My Austin Reds are all just beginning to bloom. This one is Darcy BusselHere they all are in their pot condo, I have The Squire, Darcy B, Munstead Wood and a Barden Rose, Siren's Keep, all in pots in a corner where they get some afternoon shade. But it has been hot and humid here for the past week and I notice the flowers are much smaller than normal. Likely heat stress particularly to the roots as the pots heat up. We need to water them at least once a day. This is the Squire, an oldie, but a goodie Finally a bloom of Wenlock, another oldie, but very strong Damask rose fragrance and good repeat on a vigorous health plant. Cheers, Rick

I am not sure if I am zone 5A or 5B....but I think 5B. Vaporvac, I like White-Out a lot. Surprisingly, it is one of my best bloomers, and very disease resistant. It is one of the first to bloom as well, and seldom without blooms throughout the whole summer. It also can take some shade.