Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bloom time
What blooms in January?
Very few plants bloom outdoors in January. In zones 8 and warmer you may find hellebores, winter jasmine, and early camellias. In colder zones the ground is usually frozen, so January is better for planning than for flowers.
129 plants in the Rita's Garden Path library are recorded as blooming in January.
January 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
Chinese water-pine
Glyptostrobus pensilis
- USDA zones
- 7–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Princeton Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Imperialis'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Bonny Brook'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Fred Chittenden'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Jermyns Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis 'Brevipetala'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Christmas rose
Helleborus niger 'Altifolius'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Piggy Tails'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to 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
Flame of the forest
Butea monosperma
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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
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