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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- rose mallow
- dianthus
- muhly grass
- plumbago
- black-eyed susan
- delphinium
- night jessamine
- petunia
- roses
- pentas
- dahlias
- phlox
- candlestick senna
- pansy
- camellia
- lantana
- salvia
November
- farfugium
- alyssum
- cape daisy
- black-eyed susan
- gladiolus
- pansy
- dianthus
- mums
- cosmos
- phlox
- viola
- snapdragon
- tea olive
- roses
- delphinium
December
- pansy
- camellia
- beautyberry
- gladiolus
- snapdragon
- poinsettia
- powderpuff
- delphinium