The selection is wider in Z5 than Z4, but there are still many variables that effect bloom time, including the exposure in your individual garden. Even though you want to plant them all in a single bed, some will be more influenced by temperature than others. Lists, even fairly comprehensive ones like the one on the Greer Gardens website, apply to Oregon or at least the West Coast and may not be applicable to your climate. A sizable majority of Z5 rhododendrons are listed as mid season bloomers, but that is no guarantee they will bloom simultaneously every or even most years. If you plant only those indicated as mid season you will very probably get some overlap, but it should be close to what you're seeking. Another drawback, though, is color. Red and purple bloomers tend to be late, so effectively everything will be in the pink and white range with maybe some cream and pale yellow.

My list: 1. Asperula Blue 2. Balsam white 3. Brachyscome 'Little Missy' 4. Browallia 5. Campanula longistyla Isabella Blue 6. Cerinthe - any blue 7. Ceratotheca triloba alba 8. Dicentra exima (white) 9. Elschscholzia california 'Wrinkled Rose' Globularia any low blue Linaria triornithophora âÂÂRoseaâ Lobelia any cascading blue annual or perennial blue like L x gerardia (spelling?) Nasturtiums - any by color (no mixes) prefer trailing/climbing, pale/white Nierembergia blue Pelargonium (Scented Geranium) - any Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple majesty' (Ornamental millet) Penstemon speciosus Plectranthus - any, especially aromatic (already have argentatus & barbatus) Plectranthus amboinicus (Cuban Oregan) Plumbago white Salvia canescens var. daghestanica Salvia chamaedryoides - would love silver leaved form Salvia coccinea white Salvia cyanescens - white, as well as blue Salvia patens 'Patio White'; as well as 'Patio Blue' Salvia rubescens - has silvery leaves/ red-orange flowers Stachys albotomentosa Stachys citrina Thyme - any Torenia Deep Blue This post was edited by primrose1x3 on Sat, Nov 30, 13 at 18:16

Hi Julie from Denver, I just went running on the trail here as the health club is shut down because of the Corona Virus. So I go out there and this old man told me I had better stop the jogging and this women put her hand on her hip and told me I am just showing off. Thank you for your kind post. It's overwhelming to pay all this money for a house and realize early on I have to move, sell the house, pay the big realtor fees, pay movers. But, I made a mistake and no one knows these things until they live in these places. Yes, Devorah could not attack me fast enough. She can't do the math of how old my parents would be and goes on to say my mother must have been raped at 13 and then says I am an ageist, right after I said she would blame me for what she is doing. This is the thing too, like if they hit your car, you are the bad guy somehow. If you jog, you are the bad guy. If they attack you for no reason, no matter how vile and you can see they are lying, they blame you. I think these older people in the sheltered communities where everyone is old and everyone is white, they have no ability to take responsibility for their actions. I think it is because they have been here for 20 years, they know everyone so they can simply gossip about the newcomer and control the situation. The HOA becomes a weapon people can use to mess with you. I bet I will be hearing from the HOA that it is not okay to run on the "walking" trails soon enough. Yes, I am glad I figured this out early on and I am happy to be leaving. I'm moving to an apartment in Midtown Sacramento May 5th. I'm happy to get out of here but obviously not happy to have to put the home on the market and deal with realtors and movers and all. Are you moving out of the senior community you are living in?

I am very open to anything even empty cards. I love Christmas cards and I think we got 2 last year. Lol I love edibles (especially tomatoes, beans, winter squash and melons). I had a bad year last year and lost most of my herbs ( I have chives, Italian Basil and Parsley) and a lot of my flowers for some reason I have mostly yellows left. I live in East Tennessee, zone 7-8 depending on who you ask, But I also love houseplants and things I bring in the winter. I have acres to fill and welcome anything that you recommend. I am especially looking for odd and unusual edibles and flowers, especially black ones my daughter is working on a Gothic garden. Flowers: Zinnias Amaranths Bee balm coreposis cosmos marigolds I have yellow Dainthus Phlox Poppies Coleus Columbines Daturas or Brugmansia Lantana ( I loved this and mine died) Celosia Red hot Poker Anemones Hollyhocks Nasturtiums Lilys Any bulbs ( I only have yellow daffodils) Edibles Herbs: Basils (I have Italian), Anise, Sage, Thyme (especially wooly or creeping), lemon grass, any I missed Beans: Lima, Fava, Lentils, the long ones, Good Mother stallard, Jacobs Cattle, Calypso, Fort Portal Jade, Runners (Especially Sunset or Painted Lady), Mayflower, Painted Pony Melons: Jenny Lind, Collective Farm Woman, Valencia Winter Melon, Apple, Banana, Bidwell Casaba, Kajari, Tigger and Amish Melon, Mother Mary's Pie White Wonder Watermelon, Golden Midget, Navjo Winter Watermelon, Orange Tendersweet, Moon & Stars. Early Moonbeam Watermelon. But I'm open to any cantaloupe or water melon types. Tomatoes: Any Bumblebee, Isis, Dr Wyche, Pink Accordion, Black Icicle, Chocolate Pear, Paul Robeson, Violet Jasper, Reisetomate, Jersey Devil, Brad's Atomic Grape, Blue Beauty, Cream Sausage, Red Pepper, White Cherry, But I am open to any. I just love tomatoes. Peppers: Orchid, Black Pearl, Fish Varigated and Purple Beauty Pepper. Again I'm open to anything. Squash: Ronde de Nice, Gelber Englischer Custard, scallops, Yugoslavine Finger Fruit, Turbans, Red Warty Thing, Galeus D'Eysines, Candy Roaster, Acorn, Butternut, Cushaw, Iran, Sweet Dumpling, Thelma Sanders Brussel Sprouts Broccoli Cauliflower Lettuces: I have black seeded simpson and Bibb Goji Berry Ground Cherry Prickly Pear Cactus Pumpkin on a Stick Walking Onions Garlic Leeks Spinach Fennel Peas Cucumbers: crystal apple, sikkim cucumber, armenian yard long, Boothebys Blonde, little potato Eggplants: I have Black Beauty Carrots: Odd colors, good growers, Parisienne Gourds: I have Birdhouse wheat rice quinoa Orange Jing Okra Star of David Okra Peas Spinach corn: Any unsual or popcorn types, Indian Berries, Mini Blue or Pink Popcorn, Bloody Butcher, Cherokee White Eage, Oxcacan Green, Bear Paw, Hop McConnell Speckled Please don't let this list give you the opinion that I'm picky. I'm not and I'm very grateful for anything received for the Holidays, even just a kind thought as you read this note. Merry Christmas to everyone. Now I'm off to grant some wishes myself.