Ever-blooming bed – 151 plants for year-round flowerbeds

There are flowers that bloom in winter, below are naturally early blooming plant species or particularly early blooming cultivars listed:

• Crocus tommasinianus, elven-crocus with lavender-colored flowers from the end of January, in the natural species particularly easy to spread and therefore ideal for natural gardens
• Eranthis hyemalis, winterlings, form extensive stands with yellow flowers in mild regions
• Erica carnea, snow heather, available today in many colorful varieties
• Galanthus nivalis, snowdrops, main bloom February March, some varieties bloom from December and / or until April
• Helleborus niger, Christmas roses or snow roses, bloom white, which can take on a hint of green, yellow, pink, red in the cultivated varieties
• Helleborus orientalis, spring roses, are now ready for the German garden in cold-weather and colorfully blooming hybrids
• Helleborus, gold hybrids: new cross of Christmas rose and spring rose, lush flowering varieties in several delicate colors that can withstand cold and heat
• Primroses, primula, bloom in some cultivars from February
• Viola cornuta, horned violets, in many colorful varieties, some of which bloom from January

A stately list of small flowering plants that decorate the garden in multicolored varieties even in winter. In large gardens it can be very attractive to occupy some areas (which are visible from the house / garden path) with such winter flowers. If they are to have an effect, however, they should be placed in groups, which in gardens of normal size usually takes up too much space otherwise required.

Of course, a few isolated flowers in the snow can also bring joy; However, there is another trick for abundant flowering in winter: Put your trust on the “second floor” by planting winter-flowering shrubs. They also surprise passing passers-by with their mostly lush blooms, do not disappear under a blanket of snow and are available in a growing selection in times of global warming:

• Camellia, camellias, bloom both early and abundantly in mild regions; Most cold tolerate C. salicifolia, C. saluenensis, C. sasanqua, C. sinensis and the hybrid C. ‘Inspiration’ (cross of C. reticulata × C. saluenensis)
• Chimonanthus praecox, Chinese winter bloom, blooms abundantly before leaf shoots, but only survives in our youth on a sheltered, sunny south face with winter protection
• Cornus, Cornelian cherries: The native Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas, and the Japanese cornelian, Cornus officinalis, bloom from mid-February
• Corylopsis pauciflora, petite bell-shaped hazel, a small relative of the witch hazel, which blooms from the beginning of March
• Daphne mezereum, daphne, can bloom from late February in mild winters
• Hamamelis, witch hazel, today in many cultivated forms with different colored flowers and sometimes an intense fragrance
• Jasminum nudiflorum, Winter-Jasmin
• Lonicera x purpusii, winter honeysuckle, hybrid created in the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt in 1920, which blooms in mild winters from December
• Mahonia: Beales Mahonia Mahonia bealei, the Japanese Oregon grape M. japonica and the hybrid Mahonia x media bloom in late winter
• Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’, winter cherry
• Sarcococca hookeriana var. Digyna, slimeberry, dwarf shrub fragrant flowers and dark red shoots
• Viburnum farreri, Chinese scented snowball
• Viburnum x bodnantense ‚Dawn‘, Winter-Schneeball

Spring bloom

As soon as the first warm rays of sun can be felt, it starts out there – with a lot of species and varieties. The prerequisite for a quick start in spring, however, is that early flowering perennials have been planted in autumn and early flowering bulbous flowers have been planted in autumn. The spring bloomers in particular have some surprises in store for gourmets (which should be on the list anyway because of their beautiful flowers):

• Adonis amurensis, Amur-Adonisröschen
• Ajuga reptans, Kriechender Günsel
• Allium fistulosum, winter hedge onion, A. sativum, garlic, A. senescens ssp. montanum + A. spec. Ornamental garlic, A. ursinum, wild garlic, in addition to edible leaves, flowers and tubers, also develop very attractive flowers
• Alyssum montanum, Berg-Steinkraut, Alyssum saxatile, Felsen-Steinkraut
• Anemone blanda, spring anemone, in the varieties ‘Blue Shades’, ‘Charmer’ and ‘White Splendor’
• Anemone nemorosa, bush anemone, cultivar ‘Bracteata Pleniflora’ with double flowers
• Anemone ranunculoides, yellow anemone + A. x lipsiensis, Leipzig bush anemone
• Aquilegia hybrid, Columbine ‘blue tones’
• Arabis procurrens, rock cress, flowers in the ‘Glacier’ variety, white and tirelessly from March
• Asarum canadense and europaeum, Canadian and native hazel root
• Aubrieta hybrids, blue pillows, lavender blue ‘newcomer’, dark blue ‘royal blue’, magenta ‘royal red’, lavender ‘Dr. Mules’
• Bergenia cordifolia, Bergenie
• Brunnera macrophylla, large-leaved Caucasus forget-me-not with deep blue flowers
• Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Blauroter Steinsame
• Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigold, also known as “var. alba “in white
• Camassia quamash, edible prairie lily, North American sensation that can withstand any German cold, delivers delicate purple flowers and tasty onions
• Chionodoxa, Sternhyazinthen, C. forbesii ‚Blue Giant‘, ‚Pink Giant‘, ‚Alba‘ + C. luciliae
• Corydalis, lark spur, yellow lark spur C. lutea + fingered lark spur C. solida
• Crocus, Krokusse, Balkan Crocus C. chrysanthus (‚Ard Schenk’, Cream Beauty’, Prince Claus’), Taschkent-Krokus C. korolkowii, Kleiner Krokus C. minimus (‚Spring Beauty’), Siebers Crocus C. sieberi ssp. sublimis, Elves-Crocus-Sighsorts (‚Roseus’, ‚Ruby Giant’)
• Cyclamen coum, spring alpine violet
• Dicentra spectabilis (new: Lamprocapnos spectabilis ), bleeding heart
• Draba aizoides, Hungerblümchen
• Epimedium perralderianum, Elfenblume
• Erythronium dens-canis, Dog tooth
• Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii, Mediterranean milkweed
• Galanthus, snowdrops, giant snowdrops G. elwesii var.elwesii, double cultivars ‘Flore Pleno’, ‘Hippolyta’
• Geranium macrorrhizum, Balkan-Storchschnabel
• Glechoma hederacea, Gundermann, Gundelrebe
• Gypsophila repens, Zwergschleierkraut
• Hacquetia epipactis, Goldteller, Schaftdolde
• Helianthemum hybrid, sun rose
• Helleborus argutifolius + foetidus, Corsican + Stinky Squirrel
• Hepatica nobilis + transsilvanica, native + Transylvanian liverwort
• Heuchera hybrids, purple bells (‘Fireflies’ + ‘Red Spangles’)
• Ipheion uniflorum, single-flowered spring star (‘Album’, ‘Wisley Blue’, ‘Lilacinum’, ‘Rolf Fiedler’, ‘Froyle Mill’), flowers and leaves can be used as a spice with a garlic / chive flavor
• Iris histrioides, dwarf iris (‘George’, ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’, ‘Katharine Hodgkin’)
• Leucojum vernum, Märzenbecher, Frühlings-Knotenblume
• Lychnis viscaria, Common Pechnelke
• Muscari, grape hyacinth, M. azureum (‘album’), M. comosum, Schopfige grape hyacinth (onions can be processed into delicacies)
• Narcissus, Daffodils, Trumpet Daffodil (‘Arctic Gold’, ‘Mount Hood’), Cyclamineus Daffodil (‘February Gold’), Double ‘Manly’, Large Crowned ‘Ice Follies’
• Omphalodes verna, spring umbilical nuts
• Ornithogalum balansae, Milky Star
• Paeonia officinalis, Pfingstrose
• Petasites fragrans, Duftende Pestwurz, Winterheliotrop
• Phlox subulata, Polster-Phlox
• Polemonium Azure, Blaue Himmelsleiter
• Primula, primroses, ball primrose P. denticulata, sky key P. elatior, rose primrose P. rosea, carnival primrose P. vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii, cushion primrose P. vulgaris, carpet primrose P. x pruhoniciana
• Pulmonaria, lungwort, narrow-leaved P. angustifolia ‘Azurea’, real lungwort P. officinalis, garden lungwort P. rubra
• Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pasque Flower
• Pushkinia scilloides var. Libanotica, Pushkinie
• Saxifraga, Porzellanblümchen S. urbium (‚Clarence Elliott‘), Steinbrech Saxifraga x apiculata (‚Gregor Mendel‘)
• Scilla, two-leaved blue star S. bifolia, Caucasian blue star S. mischenkoana, blue star S. siberica
• Tellima grandiflora, Falsche Alraune
• Trachystemon conceptualis, Rauling
• Tulips, tulipa, water lily tulip T. kaufmanniana (‘Early Harvest’, ‘Heart’s Delight’, ‘Ice Stick’), gnome tulip T. turkestanica, dwarf tulip T. polychroma
• Veronica austriaca teucrium, tuft speedwell
• Violet, viola, scented violet V. odorata, Parma violet V. suavis, Pentecostal violet V. sororia, pansy V. wittrockiana
• Waldsteinia geoides, lobed-leaved Waldsteinia

Summer flowers

In the middle of summer, some of the spring flowers listed above are still in bloom, and some of the autumn flowers mentioned immediately after are already showing their first blossoms. Developing the main flower during the greatest heat of summer is actually not part of the genetic program for the “normal flower”; the flower growers have partially changed that:

• Achillea millefolium hybrids, summer yarrow
• Aconitum napellus, Eisenhut
• Aquilegia alpina, Akelei
• Delphinium grandiflorum, dwarf garden delphinium
• Dianthus deltoides, Heide-Nelke
• Digitalis purpurea, Roter Fingerhut
• Hemerocallis hybrids, daylilies
• Hosta crispula, Funkien
• Linum perenne, perennial flax
• Lupinus Polyphyllus, Vielblättrige Lupine
• Oenothera tetragona, garden evening primrose
• Papaver orientale, Turkish poppy seeds
• Sedum acre, Mauerpfeffer
• Trollius chinensis, garden globe flower

Autumn bloom

When many a discount plant sinks into heather blossoms, the diversity really starts all over again in nature – besides spring, autumn is the time of the most abundant and diverse blossoms:

• Achillea, Yarrow, Garden yarrow A. millefolium, Gold yarrow A. filipendulina
• Aconitum, Eisenhut, Herbst-Eisenhut A. carmichaelii (‚Arendsii‘, ‚Spätlese‘)
• Aconogonon campanulatum, Himalayan bell knotweed
• Adenophora stricta ssp. confusa, Verkannte Schellenblume ‘Hemelstraling’
• Agastache, scented nettle, Mexican nettle-mint A. mexicana ‘Sangria’ + garden nettle A. rugosa ‘Serpentine’
• Alstroemeria cultivars, Inka-Lilie
• Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Muttergedenken
• Anemonen, Filzige Herbst-Anemone A. tomentosa, Japan-Anemone A. hupehensis, Rebenblättrige Anemone vitifolia
• Antirrhinum braun-blanquetii, Iberian snapdragon
• Aralia racemosa, perennial aralia, flowers white in autumn and then gets red berries
• Artemisia, mugwort, white china mugwort A. lactiflora (‘ivory’, ‘Guizho’), silver herbaceous wormwood A. ludoviciana (‘Silver Queen’, ‘Valerie Finnis’), Pontic wormwood A. pontica, mugwort A. vulgaris
• Asters, blue forest aster A. cordifolius (‘flower rain’, ‘Hedwig’, ‘Ideal’, ‘Photograph’), white forest aster A. divaricatus (‘Tradescant’), pillow aster A. dumosus (many varieties) , Myrtle aster A. ericoides (many varieties), smooth aster A. laevis (‘blue veil’), wild smooth leaf aster A. laevis x ericoides, calico aster A. laterifolius (‘Horizontalis’, ‘Prince’), Golden-haired aster A. linosyris, rough-leaf aster A. novae-angliae (many varieties), smooth-leaf aster A. novi-belgii (many varieties), carpet myrtle aster A. pansos (‘Snowflurry’), Tatar aster A. . tataricus, prairie aster A. turbinellus, small-flowered aster A. universum (‘Pink Star’, ‘snow grid’), Frikart’s Aster A. x frikartii (‘virgin’, ‘miracle’)
• Banksia ericifolia, Heideblättrige Banksie
• Bistorta amplexicaulis, garden candle knotweed (many varieties)
• Boltonia asteroides, mock chamomile (‘Snowbank’)
• Calamintha nepeta, Steinquendel “Triumphator”
• Calendula hybrid, perennial marigold ‘Winter Wonders Amber Arctic’
• Calluna vulgaris, Besenheide ‚Marlies‘
• Calylophus serrulatus, Strauchige Nachtkerze
• Campanula rotundifolia, round-leaved bellflower, forms carpets of dark blue bell-flowers that bloom almost all year round
• Campsis radicans ‘Flamenco’, trumpet bindweed, sticky root tendril with orange flowers
• Centaurium erythraea, centaury, also for herbal brandy or tea
• Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, gentian leadwort + Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese leadwort
• Chrysanthemum indicum, Herbst-Chrysantheme
• Colchicum autumnale, Autumn Timeless
• Coreopsis grandiflora, maiden’s eye
• Crocus cancellatus subsp. cancellatus, Gitternetz-Herbst-Krokus
• Cyclamen hederifolium, autumn cyclamen (‘album’, ‘pearl carpet’)
• Eryngium tripartitum, Garten-Edeldistel
• Eupatorium fistulosum, Wasser-Dost ‘Phantom’
• Filipendula ulmaria, Echtes Mädesüß
• Gentiana scabra, Japanese gentian
• Geranium, cranesbill, Basque cranesbill G. endressii, Armenian cranesbill G. psilostemon ‘Patricia’
• Helianthus, sunflower, giant sunflower H. giganteus, willow-leaved perennial sunflower H. salicifolius
• Hieracium umbellatum, Doldiges Habichtskraut
• Hosta, Funkie, Felsenfunkie H. gracillima (‘Wogon’), Lilien-Funkie H. plantaginea (‘Aphrodite’, ‘Grandiflora’, ‘Japonica’, ‘Royal Standard’, ‘Sweet Susan’)
• Kniphofia galpinii, dainty torch lily
• Lavatera clementii, Busch-Malve ‚Red Rum‘
• Leucanthemella serotina, Herbstmargerite, Wildform + ‚Herbststern‘
• Malva sylvestris, Malve ‚Blue Fountain‘
• Oenothera missouriensis, Missouri-Nachtkerze
• Penstemon worshippers, Bartfaden Rich Ruby’
• Perovskia atriplicifolia, Blauraute ‚Little Spire‘
• Phuopsis stylosa, Langgriffliger Rosenwaldmeister
• Rudbeckia, Coneflower, Shining Coneflower R. fulgida var. Speciosa, Goldsturm Coneflower R. fulgida var. Sullivantii, Ordinary Coneflower R. fulgida (‘Irish Eyes’), Rough Coneflower R. hirta (many varieties)
• Salvia, Sage, Autumn Sage S. azurea var. Grandiflora, Garden Sage S. patens ‘Royal Blue’
• Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis, Lower Himalayan slime
• Satureja montana subsp. montana, winter savory
• Saxifraga, Steinbrech, Herbst-Steinbrech S. cortusifolia ‚Mount Hood‘ + Oktober-Steinbrech S. fortunei ‚Rubifolia‘
• Sedum telephium, great sedum plant, Sedum hybrids ‘Indian Chief’ and ‘Mohrchen’
• Solidago, Goldrute, Raue Goldrute S. aspera, Goldbandrute S. caesia, Runzelige Goldrute S. rugosa ‘Fireworks’
• Stachys palustris, Sumpfziest
• Teucrium hyrcanicum, Kaukasus-Gamander ‚Paradise Delight‘
• Tricyrtis, Toad Lily, Japanese Toad Lily T. hirta, Hairy Toad Lily T. pilosa
• Tricyrtis hybrid, toad lily hybrid ‘Sinonome’
• Verbena canadensis, Canadian verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
• Vernonia cometiana, Arkansas-Scheinaster
• Veronica spicata, Speedwell ‘Ulster Blue Dwarf’

With these flowering plants the flowering year closes because some of the hardy perennials and bulbous flowers do not start flowering until November or December. Almost only native flowers were mentioned; But always remember: It can take a long time, not only for the guests from other climates, until the best sellers that are actually unsuitable for gardening and the environment are finally sorted out – every new cultivar that is highly touted must first prove that it meets the expectations (also in your garden).

If you are aiming for a “complete flowering year”, you will also have to cover some areas twice, because every time you specify flowering times, you must always take into account the variance of nature: According to the seller, cultivar X flowers from the end of March to May in your garden but from mid-February to April or from April to June.

Since all of the flowering plants listed are hardy and perennial, you have plenty of time to try them out. A little structure is also good for the sea of ​​flowers in the cultural garden. B. at www.RelationQue.de/gartengestaltung/gartenanlage/blumenbeet-anlegen.html.

Conclusion
The year-round blooming garden is an exciting affair that cannot necessarily be done in one season or straight away. Since you have to consult a specialist nursery for the purchase anyway, because the nearest plant discounter will hardly offer a sufficient selection, you do not have to compile the plants for your garden without advice.