THIS IS THE SECRET TO PERFECT LANDSCAPING 
SHRUBS 
BLOSSOM CALENDAR AND COLOR KEY 
FOR TREES AND SHRUBS 
A well planned landscape has a succession of changing color and 
blossoms year around. 
This calendar is based on Central Minnesota. Subtract time for 
South, add for North of Owatonna. These dates are approximations 
and vary year to year. 
* Indicates the plant blossoms until frost. 
DECEMBER, JANUARY and FEBRUARY 
Green Evergreens (E) 
White Birch (T-3) 
Red Red Twig Dogwood (S-21) 
Yellow Golden Willow (T-35) 
Yellow Twig Dogwood (S-22) 
The birds feed on berries of shrubs. 
MARCH 
2nd Wk. Snowdrop Bulbs (B-23) 
Glory of the Snow Bulbs (B-22) 
Crocus Bulbs (B-18) 
Grape Hyacinth Bulbs (B-24) 
APRIL 
Red Emperor Tulip Bulbs (B-16) 
Daffodil Bulbs (B-17) 
Hyacinth Bulbs (B-26) 
Nanking Cherry (F-42) 
Forsythia Spring Glory (S-26) 
MAY 
Thunbergi Spirea (S-67) 
Garland Spirea (S-69) 
Prunus Triloba (S-52) 
Purple Leaf Plum (S-53) 
Bush Cherry (F-36) 
Darwin Tulip Bulbs (B-1) 
Scilla (B-25) 
Iris (P-34) 
Parrot Tulip Bulbs (B-13) 
Bleeding Heart (P-8) 
Cydonia Japonica (S-34) 
Pink Flowering Almond (S-11) 
Caragana Aborescens (S-14) 
Almey (F-101), Hopa (F-103), Dolga 
(F-24) and Flowering Crab. 
3rd Wk. Arrowwood (S-6) 
Caragana Pygmae (S-15) 
Yellow Flowering Currant (S-18) 
Dogwoods (S-21) 
Double Peony Flowered 
Late Tulip Bulbs (B-10) 
Honeysuckles (S-27) 
Lilacs (S-35) 
Bridal Wreath (S-68) 
PLANT PERENNIALS FOR 
ALL SUMMER COLOR 
JUNE 
Barberry Thunbergi (S-7) 
High Bush Cranberry (S-19) 
Lemoine Detuzia (S-23) 
Russian Olive (S-57) 
Snowball (S-58) 
Mountain Ash Tree (T-21) 
Peonies (P-1) 
Roses (Floribunda*) (R-1) 
Mockoranges (S-47) 
Ninebarks (S-20) 
Weigelas (S-72) 
Potentilla* (S-55) 
Gold Flame Honeysuckle (V-6) 
Clematis (V-2) 
4th Wk. 
2nd Wk. 
4th Wk. 
Ist Wk. 
2nd Wk. 
3rd Wk. 
4th Wk. Golden Elder (S-24) 
Anthony Waterer Spirea* (S-63) 
Frobelli Spirea* (S-64) 
Locust Tree (T-12) 
Blue Spirea* (S-66) 
Begonias (B-50) 
JULY 
These Hydrangea, A. G. (S-31) 
Shrubs Snowberry (S-59) 
Usually Coralberry (Red) (S-60) 
Blossom Ural False Spirea (S-62) 
All Billardi Spirea (S-65) 
Month. Tamarix (S-70) 
Butterfly Bush (S-11) 
Phlox (P-47) 
STRIKING COLORED FOLIAGE 
FOR SUMMER 
Maroon- Purple Leaf Plum (S-53) 
Red Crimson King Maple (T-20) 
Red Leaf Barberry (S-8) 
Yellow- Golden Privet (S-56) 
Gold Golden Mockorange (S-46) 
Golden Elder (S-24) 
Light Arguta Spirea (S-69) 
Green Golden Ninebark (S-51) 
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Conve Varigated Leaf Dogwood (S-22) 
Leaf Varigated Leaf Weigelias (S-73) 
AUGUST 
Hydrangea P. G.* (S-32) 
Chrysanthemums* (P-15) 
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 
Jack Frost’s paintbrush after frost. 
Yellow Silver (Soft) Maple Tree (T-19) 
Ash Tree (T-1) 
Birch Tree (T-3) 
Rugosa Rose (R-1) 
Sugar (Hard) Maple Tree (T-16) 
Buckeye Tree (T-5) 
Amur Maple Shrub (S-44) 
Red Twig Dogwood (S-21) 
Euonymus Alatus (S-25) 
Yellow Flowering Currant (S-18) 
Arrowwood (S-6) 
Japanese Barberry (S-7) 
Ivy Vines (V) 
Cotoneaster (S-16) 
High Bush Cranberry (S-19) 
Bridal Wreath Spirea (S-68) 
Snowball Bush (S-59) 
Alpine Currant (S-17) 
A LR A ANS PS SE i TRE NEC SPE AINS 
SHOWY FALL BERRIES AND VINES 
Bitersweet Vine (V-1) 
Mountain Ash Tree (T-21) 
Hopa Crab (F-103) 
Rugosa Rose (R-1) 
Red to 
Yellow 
Red 
Red to 
Purple 
