2012 BLOOM CALENDAR

Bloom calendar for Santa Rosa County,Florida....unusually warm winter so far.
I have started this bloom calendar in hopes of eventually getting start
and finish dates for the plants blooming in my immediate area.I will be
adding to this as times goes by.I am located in Santa Rosa county
about 17 miles inland from the gulf.NOTE also that this list is by no
means complete.There are many small plants blooming which I can not name yet.
Wild Blueberries in sunny locations..............Jan 20th
Henbit .........................................Jan 21st
Red Maple........................................Jan 22nd
Japanese Magnolia................................Feb 1st
Redbud..............Feb 1st.....finished.........March 10th
Confederate Jasmine..............................Feb 5th
Plums and pears in protected places..............Feb 10th
Cherry Laurel....................................Feb 12th
Ti-Ti ........Feb 18th..............finished.... March 30th
Wild Cherry......................................Feb 25th
Willows .........Feb 26th............finished.... April 3rd
Flowering Quince Feb 29th...yep,leap year
Bradford Pear....March 1st
Dogwood and Dewberries...March 3rd
Wisteria.........March 11th
Red Tops .......March 13th..........finished.... April 13th
China Berry......................................March 20th
Blackberries.....................................March 20th
Flowering Crabapples.............................March 21st
Shell Apple......................................March 24th
Yaupon ..........................................March 29th
Magnolias starting...............................April 1st
Sweet Bay........................................Aprl 1st
Gallberries......................................April 1st
Catalpa..........................................April 13th
All the clovers still blooming..............April 13th
Ligustrum........................................April 15th
Privet...........................................April 15th
Crabapple finished...........................April 15th
Catalpa finished.............................April 25th
Prickly Pear.....................................April 25th
Yellow sweet clover finished..................April 28th
Saw Palmetto.....................................April 30th
Mimosa...........................................May 1st
Vitex............................................May 1st
Yucca............................................May 3rd
Chinese Tallow...................................May 6th
noticed that persimmons have small fruit so
bloom must have been about 2 weeks earlier
blackberries still blooming...................May 8th
Elderberries.....................................May 15th
Coral Vine.......................................May 20th
bees working Holy Basil in the garden
Vitex finished.............................June 1st
mimosa finished............................June 10th
Crepe Myrtle.......June 15th.........finished August 12th
Goldenrod.........Sept 18th..........finished November 26th
Note...there were many small daisy/aster type flowers blooming with the goldenrod.I need to identify these.
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