Kate Rutter

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A Simple Flower Meditation

This is a guide to seasonal flower availability for Cleveland, Ohio. Our growing season may be short in the northeast, but we have the luxury of importing bloom from all over the world year-round.

I. JANUARY (in tune with the new year, we usually dive inward and rest)
amaryllis, magnolia, juniper, pine, cypress, holly, acacia

II. FEBRUARY
Japanese sweet pea, primrose, ranunculus, forget-me-nots, anenome

III. MARCH
tulips, hyacinth, daffodils, paper whites, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, sweet pea, forget-me-nots, jasmine, anenome, tuberose

IV. APRIL
tulips, hyacinth, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, yarrow, lily of the valley, lilac, cherry blossoms, forsythias, jasmine, clematis, poppies, anenome, camelia,

V. MAY
mock orange, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, jasmine, clematis, peonies, iris

VI. JUNE
foxglove, lupine, allium,

VII. JULY
smokebush, dahlia, sunflower, marigold, zinnia

VIII. AUGUST
dahlia, sunflower, marigold, zinnia

IX. SEPTEMBER
dahlia, sunflower

X. OCTOBER
dahlia,

XI. NOVEMBER

XII. DECEMBER

XIII. YEAR-ROUND
rose, spray rose, garden rose, delphinium, larkspur, heather, ranunculus, lily, snapdragons, mums, carnations, anthurium , orchids, waxflower, lisianthus, hydrangea, stock