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    Hi folks,
    
      I'm looking for a list of flowers and the season they grow in...such as
    daffodil are a spring flower...(I am looking for all four seasons and
    I'm in MA).
    
    Thanks for any inputs...
    
    Renee

    
      Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, Crocus, Dutch Iris are all spring bulbs
      Lupine, Columbine, Violets, Bearded Iris, Peonies are spring
      perennials and bloom a little later.
      Wild Geranium, some ground Phlox varieties and Lychnis will bloom
      from late spring to the end of summer.
      Delphinium will give you a spring and a fall bloom if you deadhead
      Allium, Gaillardia, Black-Eyed Susan, Purple Coneflower, Daisies,
      Foxglove are early summer and bloom till fall (except the Allium (bulb)).
      Platycodon, Poppy, Hosta Lily are mid summer
      Gladiolas, Asters, Lilies are later summer,
      Mums and what I think is Veronica are end of summer into fall
      
      Iris, Hosta Lily, Day Lily, Caladium and probably a bunch of others
      have nice foliage all season. Then there's always annuals for color
      all season as well
    
      There are a bunch of summer bulbs but they usually require lifting so
      I don't plant them, I try to stick with stuff that isn't too tricky.
    
    Andi
    

    Andi, did you list all those from memory?  Wow.  you must have a really
    beautiful garden!  I'd love to come see it sometime.
    
      *Susan*

    
    My parents had a huge garden several years ago with a slate walkway,
    small bridge and waterfall to a fish pond (~350 sq ft) it was really
    neat, it ended up getting neglected (for about 10 years) and overgrown, 
    2 years ago I started fixing it up alot of the plants were still there
    but had stopped blooming because of the weeds. I wanted constant color 
    so I went through the same process it sounds like you're going through now. 
    I looked through every magazine I could get my hands on, ordered a lot 
    of stuff through the mail, and collected a lot of seeds. Breck's and 
    Spring Hill are 2 mail order companies I've been very pleased with. 
    Their catalogs have a huge variety and information on bloom times, 
    soil and sun conditions for best growth etc.. Once I started cleaning
    it up my parents became interested again and they redug the fish pond.
    It's a nice little sanctuary when everything's filled in.
    
    Andi 

    Andi,
    
      Thank you very much for you inputs.  It sounds like you really know
    your stuff...(sigh)....
    
    renee

    
    I've probably managed to kill as many things as I've had success with.
    I tend to lean toward the hardier plants now, I've yet to get a Begonia to 
    to bloom and only had one Canna that ever produced anything. I have a
    few hybrid roses that I pamper but that's it.
    
    Andi