Late fall early winter bloomers

I'm looking for perranial that blooms late fall early spring any suggestions?

late fall
Helianthus, Helenium, Rudbeckia

early spring
Primula, Doronicum,

tomden, what part of the country do you hail from? That will affect what blooms when for you, and what's hardy in your zone. Several of the hellebores are classic "winter-blooming" perennials, but there are many others, depending on your climate.

To Terry from TN. Chicago, IL.

To Terry in TN. I'm in Chicago, IL.

tomden
Your best bet go to home depot and buy a perrenial book that tells you all seasons how long each blooms etc i love mine!!!!!!!!!!!
Lori

see below

edited due to stupidity

Cheri.

This message was edited Tuesday, Jul 8th 11:51 AM

tomden,

I googled the PDB for

Perennials "Zone 5a" "late fall"

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=site:plantsdatabase.com+Perennials+%22Zone+5a%22+%22late+fall%22

And
Perennials "Zone 5a" "Late Winter/Early Spring"

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=site:plantsdatabase.com+Perennials+%22Zone+5a%22+%22Late+Winter%2FEarly+Spring%22

and just for the heck of it
"zone 5a" "late fall" "Late Winter/Early Spring"
(which only yeilded 3 plants.)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=%22zone+5a%22+%22late+fall%22+%22Late+Winter%2FEarly+Spring+%22+site%3Aplantsdatabase.com&btnG=Google+Search

Maybe that will give you a starting point?

Cheri'

CHERI, CAN I SEE TOOO THANKS LOL THIS IS GREAT YOUR THE BEST, HOW DID YOU DO ALL THIS?
LORI


Thank cheri

This message was edited Wednesday, Jul 9th 7:49 AM

Lori

Glad you like. : )

It's not hard. The easiest way is to click on Google's Advanced search link, but that only let's you search for one phrase. Fill in the box telling the bot only to search plantsdatabase.com. You can add other phrases (in quotes) to the search string, and search again.

Hope that helps.

Cheri'

Erica carnea (heather) is the foremost winter bloomer. Not sure if it would be hardy for you, but mine bloom from Oct through May.

Lots of bulbs, too: fall crocus, colchicum, hardy cyclamen, winter aconites, snowdrops.

Winter annuals (for me, anyway in zone 6a) are snapdragons, pansies, viola tricolors and annual woodruff. Almost the only time I don't have blooms is when there is too much snow to see the flowers :)

I keep thinking I've answered this thread, but obviously it was all in my head!

HELLEBORES! H. niger, H. orientalis, H. foetidus. They start blooming in my zone 5 garden with H. niger in late fall through to early spring. H. orientalis takes over in late winter and H. foetidus (yes, it really is quite smelly) seems to have blooms most of the year off and on. Also, for fall, native asters and autumn crocus. My Viola tricolor (Johnny-jump-ups) bloom year around, even under the snow. Chrysanthemums, late pansies, rugosa roses,

Thankyou all for your time and info.

Japanes anemones are wonderful late fall bloomers. They come in a variety of heights and colors, singles and doubles, and require part shade. Many of the asters will bloom in late fall, and I have had luck with toadlilies too. Also low growing but lovely are the hardy cyclamen.