Grow These For Bloom All Season

Flowers to bloom each month in the Ohio area are easy to find once we look. This roundup was made in answer to a query by Mrs. E. C. Burke.

It includes only bulbs and perennials, and it by no means exhausts the possibilities.

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Bulbs During March

In March, bulbs that show color are the following:

A few early violets can be depended on, such as early Johnny-jump-ups and Helleborus Orientalis.

In April, species of tulips, such as the Red Emperor, open with the earliest daffodils. Other tulips and narcissus will bloom as these fade.

Then we can have such stand-bys such as the following:

Or we might try the less frequently seen:

Indeed, we want these:

May is tulip month, with narcissus, lily-of-the-valley, myosotis, and doronicum adding their colors.

The additional plants include:

Then there is:

In June, a host of campanulas opened. We also look for the following:

Also, consider the libes—Libes elegans, dauricum, candidum and regale.

Midsummer—July, August, and early September—sees a riot of bloom from the following plants:

These plants also open in July:

Examples of highlights in August are:

September finds dahlias at their peak, mums beginning their main season, and late hemerocallis such as Autumn Surprise coming into bloom.

In October, we still have many of the summer flowers, plus mums and asters.

November still yields late flowers from pansies and Viola cornuta and mums, Iris stylosa (Iris unguicularis), and Helleborus niger blossom too.

Even in winter, a little forcing will bring spring bulbs and such plants as astilbe and dwarf iris into bloom in the house!

44659 by Mrs. C. W. Vallette