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Spring-Blooming Plants
The season openers — from late-winter hellebores through peony crescendo. Plant these to make spring arrive weeks earlier in your yard.
The 24 most-saved picks
#1 most savedMay Night Sage
Salvia nemorosa 'May Night'
#2 most savedWalker's Low Catmint
Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low'
#3 most savedDwarf Wild Indigo
Baptisia minor
Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis
Columbine Mix
Aquilegia x hybrida 'Mix'
Red Popsicle Lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus 'Red Popsicle'
Blue Tweedia
Tweedia caerulea
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens 'Coral Honeysuckle'
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'George Home'
Iceland Poppy
Papaver nudicaule 'Mix'
Beardtongue Rondo
Penstemon barbatus 'Rondo'
Plum Rosy False Indigo
Baptisia x hybrida 'Plum Rosy'
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'
Fire Spinner Ice Plant
Delosperma cooperi 'Fire Spinner'
Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior Group'
German Iris Bearded Iris
Iris germanica 'Mix'
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
English Daisy Pomponette Mix
Bellis perennis 'Pomponette Mix'
Celebration Song Iris
Iris tenuissima 'Celebration Song'
Flutterbye Rose
Rosa x hybrida 'Flutterbye'
Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pedata
Joseph's Coat Rose
Rosa x floribunda 'Joseph's Coat'
Daylily Mix
Hemerocallis x hybrida 'Mix'
Spring blooms questions
How do I get continuous spring bloom?
Layer bloom times deliberately: bulbs and hellebores (March–April), then creeping phlox and bleeding heart (April–May), then iris, allium and peony (May–June). Sow’s bloom calendar shows your garden’s timeline month by month.
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