Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bloom time
What blooms in December?
December is the quietest month for flowers. Camellias and winter flowers continue in zones 9 and warmer; everywhere else, bloom is finished until late winter.
74 plants in the Rita's Garden Path library are recorded as blooming in December.
December bloomers at a glance
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Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii 'Red October'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bitter switchgrass
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Christmas rose
Helleborus niger 'Altifolius'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana 'Green Thumb'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana 'Little Suzie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kirk Alexander'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Rigoletto'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sarabande'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis var. Condensatus 'Cabaret'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Pünktchen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Nippon'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus 'Purpurascens'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Overdam'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Avalanche'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Forest lily
Veltheimia bracteata
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Ginger Love'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freycinetia
Freycinetia cumingiana
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Frost grass
Spodiopogon sibiricus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Hong Kong orchid tree
Bauhinia × blakeana
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'Bluebird'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'St. Louis'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'MinnblueA' BLUE HEAVEN
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise' PRAIRIE WINDS
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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