Late winter
February
We had a colder than usual December and
January in 2009 so the snow
crocuses that are usually in bloom the last week in January didn't
arrive until early February. 
Twenty five years ago I planted snow crocuses in the section of our lawn that gets the most sun. I kept adding to them for a few years and while most of those have died out very slowly, they left their children self seeded all over the garden. Most of the children have reverted to type and are either lavender or dark purple.
By February my winter-blooming hardy cyclamen had burst into bloom all over the yard. They all started from one plant on the kitchen side of the house and have now self seeded down the edge of our gravel driveway into the area across it and even all the way on the other end of the property out by the compost piles! Clearly the birds are doing their job.
Cyclamen coum
This clump showed up in the grass outside our dining room window with just 2 flowers a few years ago. It's steadily gotten bigger until it's this great champion. You can see that it's a shady area because there's a lot of moss in the lawn.
This clump is growing across the driveway in mulch. It only had a few flowers when I planted it 2 years ago. Clearly it's happy here and spreading rapidly.
The filbert trees come into bloom in February too. They look as if someone has come and hung tassels all over them.
For those of you not familiar with them Filberts are very close relatives to Hazelnuts.
Early Spring
March
By early March the standard crocuses are in bloom too.
And the little jonquils are just starting to open.
By late March the Grape Hyacinths are in bloom.
The Tete a tetes are in full bloom by now.
And the windflowers that have self seeded here and there are blooming too. These started out in pink, white and blue but only the blue ones remain.
Spring
April
The fruit trees are always in bloom by April. Some years
the Asian Pears are very early (as early as February) but usually they
bloom in April. | Yukuma Asian Pear | Shinsui Asian Pear |
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The European Pears are supposed to bloom at the same time as the Asian Pears but they usually don't start to bloom until a week or two later.
| Bartlett Pear | Bosc Pear |
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The Italian plums can bloom as early as late February but they're usually in late March or early April before the cherries.
Some years the cherries bloom in March other years it's April.
The apples start to bloom in late April.
The blueberries usually bloom in April too.
Meanwhile there are LOTS of flowers in bloom too.
| Rose Glow Barberry (Berberis thunbergii Rose Glow) |
Berginia |
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| Bleeding Heart | Creeping Veronica |
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| English Daisies | Epimedium |
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| Erythronium | Kinnikinnick |
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| Lathyrus vernus | Double Primrose |
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| Single Primrose | Lem's Cameo Rhododendron |
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| Elizabeth Rhododendron | Sweet Cicely |
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| Trillium grandiflorum | Pink Species Tulip |
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| Red bouquet tulip | Naturalized violets |
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Late Spring
May
By May the apples are always in full bloom.
There are flowers galore by this point too.
| Purple Aquilegia | Pink Dwarf Aquilegia |
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| Purple and White Aquilegia | Fuchsia Azalea |
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| White Bleeding Heart | Korean Dwarf Lilac |
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| Lily of the Valley | Rhododendron Bowbells |
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| Rhododendron Crest | Lavender rhododendron |
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| Scilla | Star Creeper |
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| Star of Bethlehem | Sweet Woodruff |
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June
My collection of late spring perennials are always in bloom by June. Some years they start in late May but by June they are in full riot. Add to that the late rhododendrons and there's a whole lot of blooming going on.| Peach Oriental Poppy | Siberian Iris |
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| Clematis | Chives |
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| Dutch Iris | Pink Peony |
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| Dark Pink Peony | Pink Rhododendron |
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| Foxglove | Lambs Ears |
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| Old Fashioned Red Rhododendron | Rootstock Rhododendron |
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| Sugar Pink Rhododendron | Old fashioned purple rhododendron |
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| Old Fashioned Pink Rhododendron | Delphinium |
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| Wild Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) | Pinks and creeping thyme |
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| Purple Peony Poppy | Hardy Water Lily |
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Sandwort (Areneria montana Avalanche) |
Hybrid Anemone |
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Summer
Late June and July
| Yellow Allium | Coral Bells |
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| Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) |
Elfin thyme |
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| Feverfew | St Johnswort |
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| Sweet William | Peach Daylily |
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| Yellow Daylily | Maroon Daylily |
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Late Summer
August
| Japanese Anemone | Echinops |
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| Echinacea | Sea Statice |
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| Red Hardy Fuchsia | Pink Hardy Fuchsia |
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| Hydrangea | Liatris |
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Early Fall
September
The weather cools pretty quickly in September and with
that the fall blooming bulbs begin to put on their show.| Colchicum Water Lily | Saffron Crocus |
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| Hardy Cyclamen hederifolium | Sedum Autumn Joy |
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The fall fruit harvest begins in early September too with Prima Apples, Bosc and Bartlett Pears and Yukuma and Shinsui Asian Pears.
Fall
October and November
Fall color begins when the nights start to get
cold. If we have sunny days to do with it we can get glorious fall
color. | Blueberries | Smoke Tree (Cotinus) |
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| Japanese Maple | Paperbark Maple |
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The hardy cyclamen continue to bloom well into November most years.
In a good year with just the right conditions we also get tons of mushrooms all over the garden. I don't know their names but I enjoy them nevertheless.
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Winter
December and January
Aside from the hardy Cyclamen coum which in
warm years may start blooming in January the garden is quiet in the
winter. If we're very lucky the weather conditions will be perfect for a
visit from Jack Frost who paints all the leaves with crystals on cold
clear days.
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