COLOR YOUR WORLD!

One of the most popular questions we get asked is "what is in color now"?  Whether you are starting a brand new garden from scratch or want to add to what you have, knowing what blooms when is a great way to plan a beautiful garden, year-round!

Below you will find lists of plants in
color by month. All plants listed below are available at Woodland Gardens.



March & April
Shrubs

Azalea - 'Cornell Pink'
Chaenomeles
Erica - spring heather
Forsythia
Hamamelis
Pieris - 'Brouwer's Beauty'
Pieris japonica
Prunus Glandulosa - Flowering Almond
Rhododendron - 'PJM' & 'PJM Elite'
Salix
Spierea prunifolia


Trees

Amelanchier
Magnolia
Perennials

Arabis - 'Rock Cress'
Aurinia saxatalis 'Compacta' (Allysum)
Bellis perennis (English Daisy)
Bergenia - 'Bressingham Ruby'
Dicentra Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Doronicum caucasicum (Leopardsbane)
Euphorbia
Helleborus
Iberis sempervirens
Lamium maculatum
Myosotis (Forget-me-not)
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)
Phlox: p. divaricata, stolonifera, procumbens, subulata
Polemonium jpp.
Primula
Pulmonaria
Tiarella
Vinca
Viola



May
Shrubs

Andromeda Bog Rosemary
Aronia
Azalea - 'Northern Lights'
Barberry
Calycanthus
Cytisus
Daphne - 'Carol Mackie'
Deutzia
Enkianthus
Euonymus fortunei
Evergreen azalea
Fothergilla
Kerria
Leucothoe
Pieris - 'Mountain Fire'
Prunus - Beach Plum, Sand Cherry
Rhododendron - Yak, Smirnowii hybrids. Large and small leaf varieties
Spirea - 'Snowmound'
Syringa Lilac - 'Miss Kim', French hybrids, Vulgaris types
Viburnum
Wisteria


Trees

Aesculus
Caragana
Cercis canadensis
Chionanthus
Cornus florida - 'Cherokee Brave'
Fruit trees
Halesia
Laburnum
Malus (Crabapple)
Prunus (Ornamental cherry & plum)
Pyrus (Ornamental pear)


Grasses

Festuca (Blue Fescue)
Helictotrichon (Blue Oat Grass)
Perennials

Achemilla
Ajuga
Amsonia
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Armeria maritima
Asarum (Ginger)
Brunnera macrophylla
Clematis - Montana ruben variety
Convalleria (Lily of the Valley)
Corydalis
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dicentra exima (Wild Bleeding Heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Epimedium
Fragaria (Ornamental  Strawberry)
Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Geranium
Geum
Heuchera sanguinea
Houstonia
Iberis - Candy Tuft
Iris cristata
Iris germanica
Lamiastrum
Lavendula
Lewisis
Lupinus
Mazus
Myosotis
Nepeta Catmint
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)
Papaver orientale
Polemonium
Polygonatum - Solomon's Seal
Potentilla tridentata
Rosmariunus (Rosemary)
Sagina
Santolina incana nana
Saponaria
Saxafragia
Scabiosa
Sempervivem (Hens & Chicks)
Sisyrinchium
Tiarella
Verbena - "Homestead Purple"
Veronica
Vinca
Viola



June
Shrubs

Abelia
Calycanthus
Cornus
Cotinus
Cytisus
Deciduous Azalea - 'Northern Light', 'Exbury' 'Knap Hill'
Hydrangea macrophylla
Hydrangea pan.
Hydrangea petiolaris
Hydrange serrate
Hypericum (St. Johnswort)
Itea - 'Henry's Garnet', 'Little Henry'
Kalmia (Mountain Laurel)
Kolkwitzia
Lonicera
Philadelphus
Physocarpus
Potentilla
Pyracantha
Rhododendron large leaf
Rose
Sambucus
Spirea
Symphocarpus
Syringa prestoniae
Weigela


Trees

Cornus Kousa
Syringa - 'Ivory Silk tree Lilac', 'Summer Charm'


Grasses

Clamagrostis acutiflora - 'Karl Foerster
Carex
Festuca cinerea - 'Elijah Blue'
Hakonechloa
Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass)
Imperata cylindrica - 'Red Baron' (Japonese Blood Grass)
Ophiopogon
Perennials

Achillea
Agastaches (Anise)
Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
Artemisia (Wormwood, Silvermound)
Aruncus
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias tuberosa
Astilbe
Astrantia
Baptisia
Calamintha
Camanula (Bell Flower)
Centaurea montana
Cerastium tomentosum
Chrysogonum
Coreopsis grandiflora - 'Early Sunrise', 'Tequila Sunrise'
Corydalis
Delosperma
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dicentra - 'Luxuriant'
Digitalis
Ferns
Gaillardia
Gazania - 'Colorado Gold'
Gaura
Gernaium
Helianthus
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Heuchera
Hosta
Hypericum
Iris ensata
Iris siberica
Kniphofia
Lamiastrum
Lavandula
Lavater
Leucanthemum
Lewisia
Lilum (Asiatic Lily)
Liriope
Lupinus
Lychnis
Lysimachia
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Nepeta Catmint
Oenethera - 'Siskyou'
Paeonia
Papaver
Polemonium caeruleum
Potentilla
Pycnanthemum muricum
Salvia
Scabiosa
Silene
Spigelia - 'Indian Pink'
Stachys - Lamb's ear
Stachys monieri
Stokesis
Tanacetum
Thalictrum
Thymus
Trollius
Verbena
Veronica



July & August
Shrubs

Abelia
Aesculus parviflora
Azalea viscosum
Buddleia
Calaminthat
Calluna (Summer Heather)
Campsis (Trumpet Vine)
Caryopteris
Clethra
Erica
Hibiscus
Hydrangeas
Lonicera
Potentilla
Roses -'Meidiland', 'Rosa Rugosa', 'Sunblaze'
Rubus (Blackberry, Raspberry)
Salix - 'Hakaro Nishiki'
Schisandrea
Spirea - japonica and bumalda
Vaccinium Blueberry
Viburnum - 'Summer Snowflake'
Vitis
Weigela - 'Red Prince'
Yucca


Trees

Franklinia
Koelreuteria
Oxydendrum
Stewartia


Grasses

Deschampsia
Miscanthus purpurascens
Miscanthus
Molinia caerulea - 'Skyracer'
Molinia caerulea variegata
Pennisetum (Fountain Grass)
Perennials

Alcea (Hollyhock)
Alstroemeria
Anemone
Asclepias Tuberosa
Aster
Astilbe taguetii - 'Superba'
Astilbe chinensis
Astrantia
Cimicifuga
Clematis - 'Ernest Markham', 'Blue Light', 'Niobe', Alan Bloom', 'Henry', 'Jackmanii'
Coreopsis verticillata
Corydalis
Crocosmia
Delosperma cooperi (Hardy Ice Plant)
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Eryngium
Geranium - Cranesbill
Heliopsis (False Sunflower)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hibiscus
Hosta
Kalimeras
Liatris
Ligularia
Lilium orientalis
Lithodora
Lobelia
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Origanum
Penstemon digitalis
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Phlox maculata
Phlox paniculata
Phlox, volcanoe varieties
Physostegia
Platycodon
Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan)
Salvia
Scabiosa
Sedum
Solidago - 'Goldrush'
Tradescantia
Tricyrtis
Verbaseum
Vceronia
Veronica
Veronicastrum



September & October
Shrubs

Callicarpa
Cornus - Red & Yellow Twig (Fall & Winter stem color)
Cotoneaster
Euonymus
Fothergilla
Gaultheria
Hamamelis
Hibiscus - single flower varieties
Ilex
iliex - 'Centennial Girl'
Itea - 'Henry's Garnet', 'Little Henry'
Parthenocissus (Boston Ivy)
Partheniocissus spp.
Polygonum (Silver Lace Vine)
Pyracantha
Vaccinium
Viburnum
Winterberry


Trees

Acer
Amelanchier
Cornus
Cercidiphyllum
Franklinia
Gingko
Metasequoia
Oxydendrum
Pyrus
Quercus spp,
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)


Grasses

Erianthus ravennae
Miscanthus
Panicum
Pennisetum
Perennials

Aconitum
Anemone
Aster
Chelone
Dendranthemum
Nippoanthemum (Montauk Daisy)
Clematis paniculata
Eupatorium
Helianthus
Hibiscus
Lavandula
Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan)
Sedum
Tricyrtis - 'Taipei Silk'
Veronica novaboracensis