malaysian Orchid

To have year-round interest of flowers in your garden, it’s best to plant shrubs and other flowering plants that bloom at different times of the year. Of course, I have many plants I enjoy simply for foliage. That sounds like a great topic for my next blog article! Meanwhile, here’s a month-by-month list of what blooms in zone 9b.

January

  • camellia
  • dutchman’s pipe
  • viola
  • azalea
  • dianthus
  • phlox
  • cleome
  • flame vine
  • brazilian red cloak
  • heliconia
  • tea olive
  • black-eyed susan
  • cat’s whiskers
  • cigar flower
  • firespike
  • petunia
  • pansy
  • powderpuff
  • columbine
  • delphinium
  • flowering maple
  • monarda

February

  • azaleas
  • dianthus
  • camellias
  • strawflower
  • nasturtium
  • nicotiana
  • cleome
  • columbine
  • phlox
  • eastern redbud
  • snapdragons
  • tea olive
  • lobelia
  • larkspur
  • lisianthus
  • delphinium
  • bells of ireland
  • poppy
  • pansy
  • petunia
  • powderpuff
  • marigold
  • bee balm
  • black-eyed susan
  • calendula
  • melampodium
  • zinnia

March

  • azaleas
  • amaryllis
  • geranium
  • dutchman’s pipe
  • anise hyssop
  • angelonia
  • african iris
  • gerber daisy
  • salvia
  • delphinium
  • gomphrena
  • larkspur
  • pentas
  • snapdragon
  • yesterday, today, and tomorrow
  • orange reed orchid
  • nasturtium
  • eastern redbud
  • viola
  • bells of ireland
  • calendula
  • bottlebrush
  • foxglove
  • coreopsis
  • black-eyed susan
  • gladiolus
  • marigold
  • zinnia
  • rose
  • petunias
  • camellia
  • dianthus
  • firespike
  • sweet acacia
  • angel trumpet
  • nicotiana
  • cleome
  • zinnia
  • dianthus
  • bee balm
  • cosmos
  • phlox

April

  • jasmine
  • firespike
  • gardenia
  • marigold
  • zinnia
  • black-eyed susan
  • gomphrena
  • melampodium
  • strawflower
  • begonia
  • angel trumpet
  • bottlebrush
  • roses
  • yesterday, today, and tomorrow
  • nasturtium
  • delphinium
  • celosia
  • cleome
  • torenia
  • verbena
  • princess flower
  • glossy abelia
  • southern magnolia
  • calla lily
  • shell ginger
  • cosmos
  • gladiolus
  • marigold
  • purslane

May

  • gardenia
  • begonia
  • dutchman’s pipe
  • night jessamine
  • gaura
  • panama rose
  • pentas
  • mexican petunia
  • vinca
  • hibiscus
  • southern magnolia
  • cosmos
  • cleome
  • gazania
  • gomphrena
  • anise hyssop
  • purslane
  • sunflower
  • shrimp plant
  • dancing lady orchid
  • peace lily
  • impatiens
  • geraniums
  • daylily
  • salvia
  • anise hyssop
  • waterlily
  • oleander
  • cassia
  • black-eyed susan
  • alyssum
  • gladiolus
  • gladiolus
  • purslane
  • celosia
  • torenia
  • verbena
  • salvia
  • night jessamine
  • african iris
  • fan flower
  • roses
  • angel trumpet
  • hibiscus
  • zinnia
  • gardenia
  • celosia
  • gingers
  • jamaican lilac
  • marigold
  • melampodium
  • strawflower
  • impatiens
  • marigold
  • alyssum

June

  • torenia
  • purslane
  • hibiscus
  • pentas
  • pagoda flower
  • waterlily
  • chaste tree
  • celosia
  • heliconia
  • gardenia
  • alligator lily
  • gomphrena
  • clivia
  • celosia
  • wedelia
  • roses
  • salvia
  • ixora
  • southern magnolia
  • gallardia
  • gingers
  • frangipani
  • daylily
  • musical note plant
  • oleander
  • vinca
  • thryallis
  • plumbago
  • roses
  • crepe myrtle
  • black-eyed susan
  • zinnia
  • pentas
  • princess flower
  • perennial peanut

July

  • kalanchoe
  • pentas
  • roses
  • butterfly clerodendrum
  • salvia
  • crepe myrtle
  • calibrachoa
  • cassia
  • heliconia
  • vinca
  • pagoda flower
  • golden dew drop
  • gomphrena
  • crepe myrtles
  • southern magnolia
  • ixora
  • frangipani
  • princess flower
  • perennial peanut
  • ageratum
  • thryallis
  • plumbago
  • allamanda
  • jathropa
  • chaste tree
  • lantana
  • canna lily
  • gingers

August

  • pagoda flower
  • buddleia
  • crepe myrtle
  • gingers
  • pentas
  • thryallis
  • blackberry lily
  • morning glory
  • amaranth
  • gomphrena
  • sweet almond
  • gaura
  • snow in summer
  • impatiens
  • golden dew drop
  • rose of sharon
  • swamp mallow
  • princess flower
  • dahlias
  • roses
  • butterfly clerodendrum
  • salvia
  • firebush
  • oleander
  • plumbago
  • daylily
  • jathropa
  • vinca
  • night jessamine
  • canna lily
  • angelonia
  • allamanda
  • jacobinia
  • pinecone ginger
  • white crinum lily
  • heliconia
  • perennial peanut
  • gomphrena
  • begonia
  • passionflower
  • gerbera daisies
  • malaysian orchid
  • angel trump
  • hibiscus
  • moon flower
  • lantana
  • blue daze
  • night blooming cereus
  • wedelia
  • crossandra
  • downy jasmine
  • brazilian cloak
  • american beautyberry
  • milkweed
  • ageratum
  • Mrs. Shiller’s delight
  • desert rose

September

  • brazilian cloak
  • turk’s cap
  • firebush
  • bat flowers
  • roses
  • dahlias
  • begonia
  • thryallis
  • ageratum
  • heliconia
  • lantana
  • gomphrena
  • zinnia
  • plumbago
  • button bush
  • gingers
  • pentas
  • salvia

October

  • night jessamine
  • petunia
  • roses
  • pentas
  • dahlias
  • phlox
  • candlestick senna
  • pansy
  • camellia
  • lantana
  • salvia

November

  • pansy
  • dianthus
  • mums
  • cosmos
  • phlox

December

  • pansy
  • camellia
  • beautyberry
  • gladiolus
  • snapdragon
  • poinsettia
  • powderpuff
  • delphinium