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Bloom and fruit calendar

Try what flowers in May, what fruits in October or a planting of white oak, flowering dogwood and downy serviceberry.

The calendar shows, month by month, when each of the 423 trees and shrubs we grow is in flower and when its fruit, nuts or acorns ripen. Narrow the grid to the trees and shrubs that suit your zone, sun and soil, then pick the ones you are planting. The months come from each one's own page, or the Woody Plant Seed Manual where a page gives none. The 45 common natives we do not grow have a group of rows of their own under them, with the months their sources give. The calendar marks the months your planting leaves with nothing in flower or fruit, and names the trees that suit the site and would fill them. Bees want flowers from March to November and birds want fruit from June to March.

This device remembers the zone you choose, for the other tools too. The months are the same in every zone, and many span a tree's range from south to north. By Hopkins' rule, as Alabama Extension gives it, spring comes about four days later for each degree of latitude north. In a cold zone, expect spring flowers late in each span.
Sets the zone above from the 2023 USDA listing. The lookup runs in your browser, so the ZIP code is not sent.
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On paper this page prints the example alone. Pick trees and the planting prints; the grid of every species stays on the web page.

207 of the 423 trees and shrubs are in fruit in August

Their months are below. Add trees to your planting to see the gaps it leaves.

August: 207 trees and shrubs are in fruit.

Skip the grid: reading the calendar, or the common questions.

B on honey: in flower. P on green: a conifer shedding pollen. F on rose: fruit, nuts or acorns.
TreeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama Snow-wreath
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, dry fruit May–Oct
BBBFFFFFF
Alderleaf Buckthorn
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Allegheny Plum
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, plums Aug–Sep
BBFF
American Beautyberry
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, berries Aug–Dec
BBFFFFF
American Crabapple
Small tree, flowers May, crabapples Aug–Dec
BFFFFF
American Fly Honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
American Mountain Ash
Small tree, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Mar
FFFBBBFFFFF
American Plum
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, plums Aug
BBF
American Smoketree
Small tree, flowers May–Jun, dry fruit Jun–Sep
BBFFFF
American Snowbell
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, dry fruit Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
American Wisteria
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, pods Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Arrowwood Viburnum
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Ashe's Magnolia
Small tree, flowers Apr–Jun, cones Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Balsam Fir
Medium tree, sheds pollen May–Jun, cones Aug–Oct
PPFFF
Bartram's Serviceberry
Shrub, flowers May–Aug, berries Jul–Sep
BBBFBFF
Beach Plum
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, plums Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Beaked Hazelnut
Shrub, flowers Feb–May, nuts Aug–Sep
BBBBFF
Bear Huckleberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, acorns Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Bigleaf Magnolia
Medium tree, flowers May–Jun, cones Aug–Sep
BBFF
Bigleaf Snowbell
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, dry fruit Aug–Sep
BBFF
Black Cherry
Large tree, flowers Apr–Jun, cherries Jun–Sep
BBBFFFF
Black Chokeberry
Shrub, flowers May, berries Aug–Feb
FFBFFFFF
Black Elderberry
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, berries Jul–Sep
BBFBFF
Black Huckleberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Aug
BBFF
Black Oak
Large tree, flowers Apr–May, acorns Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Bladdernut
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, pods Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Blue Ash
Large tree, flowers Mar–Apr, winged seeds Jun–Oct
BBFFFFF
Blue Ridge St. John's-wort
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, capsules Jun–Oct
BFBFBFFF
Blueberry Hawthorn
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, haws Aug–Nov
BBFFFF
Bog Spicebush
Shrub, flowers Feb–Apr, berries Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Box Huckleberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug
BBF
Bracted Arrowwood
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, berries Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)
Shrub, flowers May, pods Jul–Sep
BFFF
Buckwheat Tree
Small tree, flowers Feb–May, winged fruit Jun–Aug
BBBBFFF
Bur Oak
Large tree, flowers Apr–Jun, acorns Aug–Nov
BBBFFFF
Canada Buffaloberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, berries Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Canada Plum
Small tree, flowers Apr–Jun, plums Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Canada Yew
Shrub, sheds pollen Apr–May, arils Jul–Sep
PPFFF
Carolina Hemlock
Medium tree, sheds pollen Mar–Apr, cones Aug–Sep
PPFF
Carolina Silverbell
Medium tree, flowers Apr–May, winged fruit Aug–Sep
BBFF
Catawba Rhododendron
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Jul–Oct
BBBFFFF
Catberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Chalk Maple
Small tree, flowers Mar–Apr, winged seeds May–Sep
BBFFFFF
Chickasaw Plum
Small tree, flowers Feb–Apr, plums May–Aug
BBBFFFF
Chokecherry
Small tree, flowers Apr–Jun, cherries Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Climbing Prairie Rose
Shrub, flowers May–Aug, hips Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Clove Currant
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Clusterspike Indigobush
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, pods Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Coastal Azalea
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, capsules Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)
Small tree, flowers May–Jun, winged seeds Jul–Nov
BBFFFFF
Common Juniper
Shrub, sheds pollen Apr–May, berrylike cones Aug–Oct
PPFFF
Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)
Shrub, flowers Apr, capsules Jun–Aug
BFFF
Conjurer's-nut
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, berries Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Coral Bean
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jul, pods Jul–Sep
BBBBFFF
Creek Plum
Small tree, flowers Mar–Apr, plums Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Creeping Blueberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, berries Jun–Sep
BBFFFF
Creeping Juniper
Shrub, sheds pollen Apr–May, berrylike cones Aug–Feb
FFPPFFFFF
Crossvine
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, pods Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Cucumber Magnolia
Large tree, flowers Apr–Jul, cones Aug–Sep
BBBBFF
Cumberland Azalea
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, capsules Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Dangleberry
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBBBFFF
Deerberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Devil's Walking Stick
Small tree, flowers Jul–Aug, berries Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Devilwood
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, fleshy fruit Aug–Mar
FFBFBBFFFFF
Downy Arrowwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, berries Jul–Oct
BBBFFFF
Downy Hawthorn
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, haws Aug–Sep
BBFF
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, acorns Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Dwarf Hackberry
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, berries Aug–Dec
BBFFFFF
Dwarf Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, pawpaws Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Eastern Redbud
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, pods Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Eve's Necklace
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, pods Aug–Nov
BBBFFFF
Evergreen Bayberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Feb
FFBBBFFFFF
Flag Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Feb–Jun, pawpaws Jul–Sep
BBBBBFFF
Flame Azalea
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, capsules Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Flatwoods Plum
Small tree, flowers Mar–Apr, plums Aug–Sep
BBFF
Florida Anise
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, pods Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Florida Bully
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Florida Flame Azalea
Shrub, flowers Mar–Apr, capsules Aug–Sep
BBFF
Florida Maple
Medium tree, flowers Mar–Apr, winged seeds Jun–Oct
BBFFFFF
Florida Swamp Privet
Shrub, flowers Feb–Mar, berries May–Aug
BBFFFF
Florida Torreya
Small tree, sheds pollen Mar–Apr, seeds Aug–Nov
PPFFFF
Florida Yew
Small tree, sheds pollen Jan–Mar, arils Aug–Oct
PPPFFF
Four-petal Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jul, pawpaws Aug–Sep
BBBBBFF
Fragrant Sumac
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, berries Jun–Mar
FFBFBBFFFFFFF
Fraser Magnolia
Medium tree, flowers Apr–Jun, cones Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Georgia Bully
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Georgia Indigobush
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, pods Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Golden Heather
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Gray Dogwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Hairy Blueberry
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, berries Jun–Aug
BFBFBF
Heartleaf Paper Birch
Medium tree, flowers May–Jun, cones Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Hercules' Club
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, pods Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Hillside Blueberry
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, berries Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Hobblebush
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Sep
BBFF
Hop Hornbeam
Medium tree, flowers Mar–Jun, nutlets Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Hortulan Plum
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, plums Aug–Sep
BBFF
Indigobush (False Indigo)
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, pods Aug
BBF
Labrador Tea
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jul, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Lanceleaf Buckthorn
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jul–Aug
BBBFF
Leadplant
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, pods Aug–Sep
BBFF
Limber Honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Lingonberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Little Walnut
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, nuts Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Littleleaf Buckbrush
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jun, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Lloyd's St. John's-wort
Shrub, flowers Jun–Sep, capsules Jun–Oct
BFBFBFBFF
Long-stalked Holly
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Feb
FFBBFFFFF
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Mexican Plum
Small tree, flowers Mar–Apr, plums Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Michaux's Sumac
Shrub, flowers Apr–Aug, berries Aug–Oct
BBBBBFFF
Minnie-bush
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Mountain Bush-honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, capsules Jul–Sep
BBFBFF
Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)
Small tree, flowers Jul, capsules Aug–Sep
BFF
Mountain Fly Honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Mountain Indigobush
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, pods Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Mountain Sweetbells
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Muscadine
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Myrtle Oak
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, acorns Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Netted Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Dec–May, pawpaws Apr–Aug
BBBBFBFFFFB
New Jersey Tea
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Ninebark
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, capsules Jul–Dec
BBFFFFFF
Northern Bayberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jul, berries Aug–Apr
FFFBFBBBFFFFF
Northern Pin Oak
Medium tree, flowers Apr–May, acorns Aug–Dec
BBFFFFF
Northern Red Oak
Large tree, flowers Apr–May, acorns Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Northern Snowberry
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, berries Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Northern White Cedar
Medium tree, sheds pollen Apr–Jun, cones Aug–Sep
PPPFF
Odorless Bayberry
Shrub, flowers Jan–Apr, berries Jul–Oct
BBBBFFFF
Ogeechee Tupelo
Medium tree, flowers Mar–May, fleshy fruit Jul–Dec
BBBFFFFFF
Ouachita Indigobush
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, pods Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Pagoda Dogwood
Small tree, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Painted Buckeye
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, buckeyes Jul–Aug
BBFF
Pawpaw
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, pawpaws Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Pin Cherry
Small tree, flowers Apr–Jun, cherries Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Pinkshell Azalea
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, capsules Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Piratebush
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, fleshy fruit Aug–Sep
BBFF
Pondberry
Shrub, flowers Feb–Apr, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Pondspice
Shrub, flowers Mar–Apr, berries May–Oct
BBFFFFFF
Possumhaw Viburnum
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Prairie Redroot
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Prairie Rose
Shrub, flowers May–Aug, hips Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Prickly Rose
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, hips Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Pygmy Fringetree
Shrub, flowers Mar–Apr, fleshy fruit Aug–Jan
FBBFFFFF
Pyramid Magnolia
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, cones Aug
BBF
Rabbiteye Blueberry
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, berries Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Red Elderberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Red Mulberry
Medium tree, flowers Apr–May, berries Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Red Osier Dogwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Red Pine
Large tree, sheds pollen May–Jun, cones Aug–Oct
PPFFF
Redbay
Medium tree, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Rhodora
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Riverbank Grape
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Roseshell Azalea
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Roughleaf Dogwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Roundleaf Dogwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Roundleaf Serviceberry
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jun, berries May–Sep
BBBFBFFFF
Running Serviceberry
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jul–Aug
BBBFF
Sand Cherry
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, cherries Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Sand Live Oak
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, acorns Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Sarvis Holly
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, berries Aug–Apr
FFFBFBFFFFF
Saskatoon
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Sassafras
Medium tree, flowers Mar–Apr, berries Jun–Sep
BBFFFF
Scentless Mock Orange
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, capsules Jun–Aug
BBFFF
Schwerin's Indigobush
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, pods Jun–Oct
BBBFFFFF
Sheep Laurel
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, capsules Jul–Oct
BBFFFF
Shining Indigobush
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, pods Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Showy Mountain Ash
Small tree, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Mar
FFFBBBFFFFF
Silky Dogwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Sep
BBFF
Slimleaf Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jul, pawpaws Jun–Oct
BBBFBFFFF
Softleaf Arrowwood
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Southern Bush-honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers Jun–Aug, capsules Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Southern Crabapple
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, crabapples Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Southern Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jun, pawpaws Jul–Oct
BBBBFFFF
Spicebush
Shrub, flowers Mar–Apr, berries Aug–Sep
BBFF
Squashberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Streambank Mock Orange
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, capsules Jun–Aug
BBBFFF
Swamp Azalea
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Jul–Oct
BBBFFFF
Swamp Tupelo
Large tree, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Sweet Azalea
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Jul–Oct
BBBFFFF
Sweet Birch (Black Birch)
Medium tree, flowers Apr–May, cones Aug–Sep
BBFF
Sweetbay Magnolia
Small tree, flowers Apr–Jul, cones Aug–Sep
BBBBFF
Sweetleaf
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, dry fruit Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Tamarack
Large tree, sheds pollen Apr–May, cones Aug–Sep
PPFF
Titi
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Tough Bully
Small tree, flowers May–Jun, berries Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Toughleaf Dogwood
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jul, berries Jul–Sep
BBBBBFFF
Two-wing Silverbell
Small tree, flowers Mar–May, winged fruit Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Umbrella Magnolia
Small tree, flowers Apr–May, cones Aug–Sep
BBFF
Velvetleaf Blueberry
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBFFF
Virginia Creeper
Shrub, flowers May–Aug, berries Aug–Feb
FFBBBBFFFFF
Virginia Spiraea
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, pods Aug–Sep
BBBFF
Virginia Sweetspire
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, capsules Aug–Feb
FFBBFFFFF
Walter's Viburnum
Shrub, flowers Feb–Apr, berries Aug–Oct
BBBFFF
Water Locust
Medium tree, flowers Apr–Jun, pods Aug–Dec
BBBFFFFF
Weeping Hawthorn
Small tree, flowers Mar–Apr, haws Jul–Aug
BBFF
White Fringetree
Small tree, flowers May, berries Jul–Sep
BFFF
Wild Black Currant
Shrub, flowers Apr–Jun, berries Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Wild Hydrangea
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Willow Oak
Large tree, flowers Feb–May, acorns Aug–Oct
BBBBFFF
Winterberry Holly
Shrub, flowers Jun–Jul, berries Aug–Mar
FFFBBFFFFF
Woolly Beach Heather
Shrub, flowers May–Jul, capsules Jul–Sep
BBBFFF
Woolly Huckleberry
Shrub, flowers Mar–May, berries Jul–Aug
BBBFF
Woolly Pawpaw
Shrub, flowers Mar–Jun, pawpaws Jun–Oct
BBBBFFFFF
Yellow Anise
Shrub, flowers May–Jun, pods Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Yellow Birch
Large tree, flowers Apr–May, cones Aug–Oct
BBFFF
Yellow Honeysuckle
Shrub, flowers Apr–May, berries Aug–Sep
BBFF
Yellowwood
Medium tree, flowers May, pods Aug–Sep
BFF
In flower2114812516311746131001
In fruit141373736882071771023126

F covers the months the fruit ripens and falls, and the months it hangs on where birds or mammals still eat it. Months are as the plant pages give them, with the bees article's or the Woody Plant Seed Manual's where a page gives none. Many span a tree's range from south to north, and a Georgia spring runs weeks ahead of a Maine one.

Reading the calendar

Each tree's months come from its own page, with the bees article's bloom calendar or the Woody Plant Seed Manual's flowering and fruiting dates where a page gives none. A tree's flowers matter to bees for a week or two; its fruit can matter to birds for a season, since the fruits marked as hanging on, winterberry's and the hawthorn's among them, feed birds in the winter gaps that count most. A dry pod, capsule or winged seed is marked only while it ripens, unless its page says birds or mammals eat it later. A conifer has no flowers, and its pollen months are marked P and left out of the flowers counted for bees. The 45 common natives we do not grow, in the grid's last group, take their months from Silvics of North America, the Woody Plant Seed Manual and the Fire Effects Information System; they stand outside the counts and the sign-up, and a planting may pick them.

A planting is checked for the months from March to November with nothing of it in flower and the months from June to March with nothing in fruit. Those are the months bees want flowers and birds want fruit. The trees and shrubs offered for a gap suit the site set above, and those that cover the most bare months come first, six at most. A planting that flowers from March to November and fruits from June to the following spring is the aim, and the gap finder above says what yours is missing.

The months do not change with the zone you set. Alabama Extension's page on Hopkins' bioclimatic law gives the rule of thumb. "Other things being equal, this variation is at the rate of four days for each degree of latitude, five degrees of longitude, and 400 feet of altitude." Spring comes later the farther north and the higher up you are, so a cold zone sees spring flowers late in each span.

The bees article has the bloom calendar in words, with what each flower gives; the birds article has the fruit. The bundles that were built for this are Honey Tree Trio, Native Edible Orchard and Bird & Berry Hedgerow.

Month by month

Common questions

When does flowering dogwood bloom?

Flowering dogwood flowers in April, and its berries are in season in September and October. Spring comes later the farther north and the higher up you are, so a cold zone sees its flowers late.

What trees bloom in the fall?

Among the trees and shrubs we grow, Franklin tree flowers from July to October, and witch hazel, a shrub, from October to December. Buttonbush and seaside alder, both shrubs, still flower in September.

What trees bloom in summer?

Among the trees we grow, American basswood flowers in June, sourwood from June to August and devil's walking stick in July and August. Sweet pepperbush, a shrub, flowers in July and August.

Do trees bloom later in colder zones?

Yes, by Hopkins' rule, as Alabama Extension gives it: spring comes about four days later for each degree of latitude north and each 400 feet of altitude. The calendar's months are the same in every zone, so a cold zone sees spring flowers late in each span.

How can I have something in bloom all season?

Choose trees and shrubs whose months together cover March to November, when bees want flowers, and June to March, when birds want fruit. The calendar marks the months a planting leaves bare and names the trees that suit the site and would fill them.

The table as a file

The files and the citation below name this table Bloom and fruit calendar: the months every species flowers and fruits. Download it as CSV or JSON: 423 rows, one for one tree or shrub the nursery grows, with the columns below. It is one of the reference tables on the open data page. The figures are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license: use them with a credit to bluewhaletrees.com and a link to this page. Updated 2026-10-28.

What each column means

  • slug: the plant page's address word: the page is https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ followed by the slug and a slash
  • name: the common name the page uses
  • bloom_first: the first month in flower, 1 to 12
  • bloom_last: the last month in flower, 1 to 12
  • fruit_first: the first month the fruit, nuts or seed ripen, 1 to 12
  • fruit_last: the last month, 1 to 12
  • kind: what ripens: acorns, nuts, berries, seed, cones and so on
  • pollen: true for a conifer, whose bloom months are when it sheds pollen
  • note: the calendar's own note on the plant, with the regions where the months differ

How the table is made

The months are the plant page's own, read from the sources its page names, across the plant's native range. A southern plant flowers earlier than the table's first month in the far South and later in the North. The files are written from the calendar records and checked against them at every release.

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The address carries the bloom and fruit calendar's inputs, so a link opens it filled in, and Copy link on a result writes one: plants (the slugs of the plants in the planting, joined by commas), zone (a whole number from 2 to 10), sun (full, part or shade), moisture (dry, average or wet), month (a month from 1 to 12), kind (bloom, fruit, or both joined by a comma). For example, /tools/calendar/?plants=american-persimmon,pawpaw&zone=6&kind=bloom,fruit.