Welcome to the world of vibrant colors, fragrant breezes, and a garden teeming with life! As the seasons change, so does the canvas of your outdoor space, and what better way to paint it than with a palette of native blooms that flourish right here in our own corner of the world? You don't need annuals to keep your garden in bloom at summer. Here's just a suggestion of what you could plant to have blooms all season.
- Spring Bloomers (April - May):
- Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) - Red and yellow
- Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) - Pink
- Early Summer Bloomers (June):
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) - Purple
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) - Pink to lavender
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) - Orange
- Penstemon digitalis (Penstemon digitalis) - Pale purple to pink
- Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) - Yellow
- Midsummer Bloomers (July):
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) - Yellow
- Monarda (Spotted Bee Balm) (Monarda spp.) - Red to pink
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) - Pale purple
- Late Summer Bloomers (August - September):
- New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) - Purple to pink
- Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) - Yellow
- Goldenrod (Solidago) - Yellow