The New Green - Plant Calendar
The New Green

Planting Calendar

What's best to plant per blooming season in the Northeast region throughout the year

Early Spring

FLOWERS: Blue Squill, Tulips, Spring Beauty, Wild Columbines, Chocolate Carpet Bugles, Tall Bearded Irises, Purple Deadnettles

SHRUBS:

GRASS: Maidenhair Grass, Switchgrass

BERRIES: Snowberries, Wintergreen

Late Spring

FLOWERS: Black-Eyed Susans, Echinaceas (Coneflowers), Red Clovers, Snowberries, Bloodroot, Yarrows, Columbine, Geranium

SHRUBS: Hydrangeas, Honeysuckles, Hibiscus

GRASS: Pennsylvania sedges

BERRIES:

Summer Bloom

FLOWERS: Milkweed, Goldenrods, Cosmos, Snapdragons, Daisies, Cardinal Flowers

SHRUBS: Creeping Thyme

GRASS: Maidenhair Grass, Switchgrass, Prairie Dropseed Grass

BERRIES: Elderberries, Blueberries

Early Fall

FLOWERS: Bushy Asters, Common Evening Primroses, Sunflowers, New England Asters, Bee Balms

SHRUBS: Lilac

GRASS:

BERRIES: Strawberries

Late Fall

FLOWERS: Asters, Purple False Foxgloves, Hollow Joe Pyes

SHRUBS:

GRASS:

BERRIES: Snowberries, Winterberries, Wintergreens