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Showy Flowering Perennials

by season of bloom in the Sacramento Valley

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	Genus	Common name	Season	Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
January thru March
	Aurinia saxatile	Alyssum	Feb	warm	X
Spring
	Aquilegia	Columbine	Spring	med	X	X
	Armeria	Sea pink	Spring	med	X
	Cerastium	Snow in summer	Spring	white	X
	Chrysanthemum sp.	Marguerites	Spring	warm	X
	Clivia	Kaffir lily	Spring	warm		X	X
	Digitalis	Foxglove	Spring	med		X	X
	Erysimum	Wallflower	Spring	warm	X
	Geranium	Cranesbill	Spring	med-cool	X	X
	Geum	Geum	Spring	warm	X	X
	Helianthemum	Sunrose	Spring	warm	X
	Heuchera	Coral bells	Spring	warm		X
	Iberis	Candytuft	Spring	white	X	X
	Linum	Flax	Spring	cool	X
	Oenothera	Evening primrose	Spring	warm	X
	Oxalis	Wood sorrel	Spring	med	X	X	X
	Paeonia	Peony	Spring	med		X
	Ranunculus repens	Buttercup	Spring	warm	X	X
	Scaevola	Fan flower	Spring	cool	X	X
May - June				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Agapanthus	Lily of the Nile	May - June	cool	X	X
	Allium sp.	Chives	May - June	cool	X
	Campanula	Bellflower	May - June	cool		X
	Cistus	Rockrose	May - June	warm	X
	Diplacus	Monkeyflower	May - June	warm	X	X
Spring - Fall				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
Abutilon	Abutilon	Jan-May	warm			X
	Bulbine	Bulbine	Spring - Fall	warm	X	X
	Coreopsis	Tickseed	Spring - Fall	warm	X
	Dianthus	Pinks	Spring - Fall	med	X	X
	Dietes	Fortnight lily	Spring - Fall	med	X	X
	Erigeron	Sea aster	Spring - Fall	med	X
	Gaura	Gaura	Spring - Fall	white	X
	Nierembergia	Purple robe	Spring - Fall	cool	X	X
	Pelargonium	Geranium	Spring - Fall	med-warm	X	X
	Phlomis	Jerusalem sage	Spring - Fall	warm	X
	Tulbaghia	Society garlic	Spring - Fall	cool	X
May - Aug				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Alstroemeria	Peruvian lily	May - Aug	warm	X	X
	Fuchsia	Fuchsia	May - Fall	warm		X
	Limonium	Statice	May - Fall	cool	X
Spring - Summer				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Centranthus	Valeriana	Spring - Summer	warm	X	X
	Diascia	Twinspur	Spring - Summer	med-warm	X	X
	Papaver	Poppy	Spring - Summer	warm	X
	Phlox	Phlox	Spring - Summer	med-cool	X	X
	Salvia	Sage	Spring - Summer	med-cool	X	X
	Scabiosa	Pincushion flower	Spring - Summer	cool	X	X
	Teucrium	Germander	Spring - Summer	cool	X
	Trachelium	Trachelium	Spring - Summer	cool	X	X
	Felicia	Blue marguerite	Spring and fall	cool	X
May - Summer				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Chrysanthemum sp.	Shasta daisy	May - Summer	white	X	X
	Echinacea	Purple coneflower	May - Summer	med	X	X
	Gaillardia	Blanket flower	May - Summer	warm	X
	Gypsophila	Baby's breath	May - Summer	med	X
	Hemerocallis	Daylily	May - Summer	warm	X	X
	Lavandula	Lavender	May - Summer	cool	X
	Nepeta	Catmint	May - Summer	cool	X	X
	Phygelius	Cape fuchsia	May - Summer	warm	X	X
	Physostegia	Obedience plant	May - Summer	med	X	X
	Rudbeckia	Gloriosa daisy	May - Summer	warm	X
	Solidago	Goldenrod	May - Summer	warm	X
	Verbena	Verbena	May - Summer	warm	X
	Veronica	Veronica	May - Summer	med-cool	X	X
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Summer				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Achillea	Yarrow	Summer	warm	X
	Ceratostigma	Dwarf Plumbago	Summer	cool	X	X
	Francoa	Maiden's wreath	Summer	white	X	X
	Lantana	Lantana	Summer	warm	X	X
	Liatris	Gayfeather	Summer	cool	X	X
	Lychnis	Maltese cross	Summer	warm	X
	Mirabilis	Four-O-clock	Summer	warm	X	X
	Perovskia	Russian sage	Summer	cool	X	X
	Platycodon	Balloon flower	Summer	cool	X	X
	Sedum	Sedum	Summer	warm	X	X
Summer - Fall				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Aster	Aster	Summer - Fall	cool	X	X
	Chrysanthemum	Chrysanthemum	Summer - Fall	med-warm	X	X
	Helichrysum	Strawflower	Summer - Fall	warm	X
	Penstemon	Summer snapdragon	Summer - Fall	med-cool	X	X
Sept - Oct				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Anemone hybrida	Japanese anemone	Sept - Oct	cool		X
	Zauschneria	Calif. fuchsia	Sept - Oct	warm	X
Winter				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Helleborus	Hellebore	Winter	white		X	X
Winter - Spring				Color range	Sun	Part	Shade
	Arctotis	African daisy	Winter - Spring	warm	X
	Euryops	Golden bush daisy	Winter - Spring	warm	X
	Gazania	Gazania	Winter - Spring	warm	X
	Cyclamen	Cyclamen	Winter- Spring	warm	X	X	X
	Osteospermum	African daisy	Winter- Spring	cool	X

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