Note: Blooming times vary from season to season depending upon weather conditions.  Availability of particular plants also varies depending upon conditions and popularity.  Our staff will be happy to help you make selections.

JANUARY—TEXTURES
    While there is not likely to be anything blooming outside now, textures supply amazing interest and beauty.  See our Winter Landscape broadside on our Guides page.

FEBRUARY—BERRIES
    Color is still available in the winter by planting things like Winter Berry and Japanese Barbary.  For more information see our Winter Landscape broadside on our Guides page. Hellebore, Witchhazel, Dutch Iris, Cornelian Cherry, and Crocus

MARCH—
    The Robins are back, birds are looking for nests, snow flurries diminish, and bulb flowers begin to appear. Hellebore, Witchhazel, Dutch Iris, Cornelian Cherry, and Crocus

APRIL—
    Spring is here for real.  

MAY—BLOSSOMS
   Begonia, Dogwood, Azalea, Rhododendron, Hanging Baskets, a multitude of selection in perennials and annuals

JUNE—ROSES

The Fairy- Hardy rose with clusters of small pink, fragrant, double flowers Red Fairy-Similar to The Fairy with cherry-red blossoms from spring to fall. Large selection of other Roses to choose from. Astilbe—for shady garden areas—has feathery flower heads. graceful green or bronze fernlike foliage in a variety of colors from white to deep red . Delphinium—Majestic verticals for the classic border—

JULY—Daylilies 

Daylilies--are our specialty…new flowers opening daily. Stop in and look through our picture album. Many varieties to choose from. Japanese Iris--Ensata- with large blossoms, upward facing with gracefully draping petals in a variety of colors. Clematis-- Prefer rich, loose soil, well drained to permit free root growth. Allow tops to remain in full sun while shading roots. Vigorous vines in a wide range of colors and flower size. HOSTAS--LARGE SELECTION INCLUDING… Patriot with 5"x7" leaves that have dark-green centers with broad 1" striking white margins. Lilac blooms in early summer. Royal Standard with glossy green foliage, showy fragrant white flowers. Grows perfectly in sun in our northern climate.

AUGUST—

ECHINACHEA-- Purple cone flower- hardy free flowering and showy with 3" daisy-like blossoms of mauve-pink.  Excellent for cutting too. RUDBECKIA-- Goldstrum—with deep yellow flowers set off with a bronze-black central cone.  Also known as ‘Black Eyed-Susan’ they thrive in hot summer weather. LIGULARIA ‘The Rocket’ 5 Ft. spikes of profuse small yellow flowers that are striking against black stems and large palmate leaves. PHYSOSTEGIA False Dragonhead--Handsome plant for sunny borders with spear-shaped foliage displaying 8-12 inch panicles of Snapdragon-like flowers that bloom until fall.  We have white and pink blossoming and the very rare ‘Variegata.’ MONARDA Bee Balm is especially attractive to humming-birds and butterflies. Varieties range in color from pale blue-lavender to bright red. HARDY HIBISCUS These outstanding plants grow from the roots each year so snow damage isn’t a problem. They display flowers the size of dinner plates in red, white, pink some with deeper colored throat: a heavy feeder that needs lots of sunshine. ROSE-OF-SHARON Hibiscus syriacus available in a shrub or tree form with blooms of pristine white on ‘Diana’ or white with a red throat on ‘Helene’ also blue, pink and dark red. Best grown in full sun to light shade and almost any soil will do as long as it is Well drained.

SEPTEMBER—

September doesn't mean that blooming time is over.  This is a good time for ornamental grasses and other plants pictured on our September page. Variegated Miscanthus Annabelle Hydrangea Stella D'Oro' Daylily Hosta Sieboldiana Elegans Goatsbeard Solomon's Seal Hosta Varieties Ornamental grasses Daylilies

OCTOBER—
     Many annuals are still blooming now, but this is a particularly good time for decorative grasses and brightly colored trees--see the Fall Colors broadside in the Guides page.

NOVEMBER—
    By November, blooms are falling fast in Western New York, but there is still time to think about putting in bulbs for Spring.  If you need inspiration, check out our Blooming in November page.  Also, look at the Fall checklist broadside in our Guides page for suggestions on how to be ready for the good weather when it comes back in the Spring.

DECEMBER—
    HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE STAFF OF JOHNSON'S NURSERY!