Different Flowers for Different Holidays & Seasons

No matter the time of year, you'll find a flower for every season. Here, we offer a selection of year-round-ready flowers to keep your garden - and your seasons - bright.

Winter

Cold months are bleak no longer with the perfumed yellow flowers of winter jasmine, which blooms from November through spring; purple-tinged autumn flowering crocuses, which bloom from August to April; and Christmas roses. Winter flowers may not be the rainbow shades of spring and summer, but they can enliven even the starkest white snow. Inside, dress up tables with traditional Christmas poinsettias, amaryllis blooms, and blue-and-white Hanukkah bouquets.

Spring

As the snow melts, the ground is ready for a number of perennials, including bleeding hearts, primroses, and sweet violet. Later, as Easter nears, get ready for proliferations of geraniums, impatiens, and snapdragons in the yard and lilies and tulips at local florists.

Summer

Perhaps the busiest time for gardeners, summer is a veritable floral bounty with daisies, roses, marigolds, zinnias, and begonias, among many others. To keep the hearty shocks of color in check, stick with a single color theme across different types of flowers. And, in late summer, plant bulbs to bloom later; irises, dahlias, and lilies are popular choices.

Fall

Fall flowers, like the bounty of a harvest, offer deep, rich shades that stand up to the turning leaves. Dress Thanksgiving tables with warm chrysanthemums in reds and yellows, or bring the last of summer in with pink asters and purple pansies. Plant spring bulbs at this time as well.