Bloom

Fruiting

Flower color

Latin name

Shrub/Plant

period

period

shrubs, trees

Aesculus glabra

Ohio buckeye

Apr

late summer

yellow

Aesculus parviflora

Bottlebrush buckeye

Jun

late summer

white

Aesculus pavia

Red buckeye

Apr

late summer

red

Aesculus sylvatica

Painted buckeye

Apr

late summer

yellow-green with orange

Amorpha fruiticosa

False indigo

Apr

summer

deep purple

Aronia arbutifolia

Red Chokeberry

Apr

fall

white to pink

Asimina parviflora

Small flowered pawpaw

Apr

summer

maroon

Asimina triloba

Paw paw

Apr

summer

maroon

Callicarpa americana

Beauty berry

Jun

fall

pink

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey Tea

May-June

late summer

Chionanthus virginicus

Fringe tree

Apr

mid summer

Cladrastis kentukea

Yellowood

Apr

summer

white

Clinopodium georgianum

Georgia Basil

Jun

fall

pink

Cornus alternifolia

Alternate leaf Dogwood

May

summer

white

Cornus floridus

Dogwood

May

summer

Crataegus flava

Yellow Haw

Apr

summer

white

Crataegus marshallii

Parsley hawthorn

Apr

summer

white

Lindera benzoin

Spicebush

Apr

fall

yellow-green

Magnolia macrophylla

Bigleaf Magnolia

May

fall

white

Magnolia virginiana

Sweetbay Magnolia

Jun

fall

white

Philadelphus inodorus

Mock orange

Apr

summer

white

Rhododendron alabamense

Alabama azalea

Mar-Apr

summer

white – yellow

Rhododendron arborescens

Smooth azalea

May-June

fall

white with red stamens

Rhododendron atlanticum

Dwarf azalea

Apr-May

summer

white – pink

Rhododendron austrinum

Orange azalea

Mar-Apr

summer

yellow – pink

Rhododendron bakeri

July

fall

orange – red

Rhododendron candulaceum

Flame Azalea

May-June

fall

orange – red

Rhododendron canescens

Piedmont azalea

Mar-Apr

summer

pink

Rhododendron catawbiense

Catawba Rosebay

May-June

fall

white – purple

Rhododendron cumberlandense

Cumberland rhododendron

June – July

fall

orange – red

Rhododendron eastmanii

Santee azalea

May-June

fall

white – pink

Rhododendron flammeum

Oconee azalea

Apr

summer

orange – red

Rhododendron maximum

Great laurel

June – july

fall

white – pink

Rhododendron minus

Piedmont rhododendron

Apr-May

summer

white – pink

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Pink azalea

Apr-May

summer

white – pink

Rhododendron prunifolium

Plumleaf azalea

July

fall

orange – red

Rhododendron viscosum

Swamp azalea

May-June

fall

white

Vaccinium arborescens

Sparkleberry

May

summer

white

Vaccinium elliottii

Elliott’s blueberry

Apr

summer

white

Viburnum acerifolium

Maple-leaf Viburnum

May

summer

white

Viburnum dentatum

Arrow wood

May

summer

white

Viburnum rufidulum

Rusty Blackhaw

May

summer

white

vines

Apios americana

Common groundnut

Jun-Aug

Jul-sept

maroon

Aristilochia tomentosa

Pipevine

Jun

fall

maroon

Aristilochia durior

Pipevine

Jun

fall

yellow green

Bignonia capriolata

Crossvine

April

summer

yellow to dark orange

Cocculus carolinus

Coralbeads

Jun-Aug

fall

cream

Cynanchum laeve

Honeyvine

Jul-Aug

fall

white

Gelsemium spp

Jessamine

Feb

summer

yellow

Gonolobus suberosus

Eastern anglepod

Jun-Aug

fall

Lonicera flava

Yellow honeysuckle

Apr-May

summer

yellow

Lonicera sempervirens

Coral honeysuckle

Apr-May

summer

red

Matelea spp.

Milkvine

Jun

fall

Mikania scandens

Moonvine

Aug-Sept

fall

pink

Smilax spp

Greenbriar

Apr-May

fall

white to green

Wisteria frutescens/macrostachya

American wisteria

Apr

summer

purple

perennials

Amsonia tabernaemontana

blue star

Apr

summer

blue

Asclepias purpurascens

purple milkweed

Jun

summer

purple pink

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterflyweed

Jun-Jul

fall

orange

Asclepias variegata

White milkweed

May

summer

white and  crimson

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed

Jun-Jul

fall

greenish white

Aster cordifolia

Heart leaved aster

Sept

fall

lavender

Aster divaricatus

Woodland aster

Sept

fall

white

Aster georgianum

Georgia aster

Sept

fall

purple

Aster laevis

Smooth aster

Sept

fall

lavender

Aster laterifolius

Calico aster

Sept-Oct

fall

white to lavender

Baptisia spp.

Baptisia

May

summer

Coreopsis grandiflora

Coreopsis

May

summer

deep yellow

Coreopsis auriculata

Eared Coreopsis

May

summer

deep yellow

Coreopsis major

Large coreopsis

May

summer

deep yellow

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

May-Jul

summer

purple pink

Eupatorium aromaticum

White thoroughwort

Aug-Sept

fall

white

Eutrochium dubium

Joe Pye weed

Jul – Oct

fall

pink

Eutrochium fistulosum

Joe Pye weed

Jul – Oct

fall

pink

Gillenia stipulata

Bowman’s root

May-Jun

summer

white and crimson

Helianthus angustifolia

Perennial sunflower

Aug-Sept

fall

deep yellow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Eastern Rose Mallow

Jul-Oct

fall

white and crimson

Hibiscus laevis

Halberd leaved mallow

Jul-Oct

fall

reddish pink, red base

Hibiscus moscheutos, ssp.palustris

Eastern Rose Mallow

Jul-Oct

fall

pink and crimson

Liatris microcephala

Blazing star

Jul-Aug

fall

purple

Liatris spicata

blazing star

Jul-Aug

fall

purple

Liatris squarrosa

Blazing star

Jul-Aug

fall

purple

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

Jul-Sept

fall

crimson

Lobelia puberula

Downy blue lobelia

Jul-Sept

fall

deep blue

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

Jul-Sept

fall

bright blue

Monarda punctata

Spotted monarda

Jul-Aug

fall

pink and yellow

Penstemon australis

Southern beardtongue

May-Jul

fall

pink

Penstemon canescens

Appalachian beardtongue

May-July

fall

pink

Penstemon laevigatus

Eastern beardtongue

May-Jun

fall

pink

Phlox glaberrima ssp. Triflora

Phlox

May-Jun

fall

pink

Phlox divaricata

Woodland plox

Apr-May

summer

blue to pink

Pycnanthemum incanum

Mountain mint

Jun-Jul

white to lavender with white bracts

Rudbeckia fulgida

Black eyed susan

Jun-Sept

deep yellow with brown center

Scutellaria ocmulgee

Ocmulgee skullcap

Jun-Jul

blue

blue

Silphium spp

Rosinweed

Jul-Aug

yellow

yellow

Solidago nemoralis

goldenrod

Aug-Sept

deep yellow

deep yellow

Solidago odora

Fragrant goldenrod

Aug-Sept

yellow

deep yellow

Solidago erecta

Erect goldenrod

Aug-Sept

yellow

deep yellow

Solidago speciosa

Showy goldenrod

Aug-Sept

yellow

deep yellow

Tradescantia spp.

Spiderworts

May-Aug

purple

purple

Vernonia noveboracensis

Ironweed

Sept-Oct

purple

purple