When Do Bulbs Bloom in Minnesota?

Many gardeners want a long season of bulb blooming. The best way to get that is to plant the so-called minor bulbs, in addition to tulips and daffodils. This is the order in which they would bloom in a “typical” Minnesota spring. (We know, there is no such thing.)

crocus blooming
Crocus are among the earliest blooming bulbs in Minnesota.
  • Snow crocus
  • Eranthus
  • Galanthus
  • species iris
  • Bulbocodium
  • Chionodoza
  • Dutch Crocus
  • Large hyacinths
  • Early daffodils and tulips
  • Ornithogalum
  • Fritillaria meleagris
  • Muscari
  • Mid-season daffodils and tulips
  • Puschkinia
  • Erythronium
  • Hyacinthoides
  • Anemone blanda
  • Camassia
  • Allium
  • Late daffodils and tulips

Taken from a 2006 article in Northern Gardener on minor bulbs.

We love allium for a late spring bulb. It has a fascinating architecture.

2 Comments

  1. Rhoda Arndt says:

    Puschkinia are invasive. I planted some and now they are spreading everywhere. If I can’t stop them, they will invade the entire ravine. Check the Internet. It will say the same thing.

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