Show date as month and year and display bar chart in month order

QB shows bars charts in date order if date type, or alphabetical order if text. I would like the x-axis to label the bars as Month-Year, that is the month is spelled out like, "January", and be treated like a date, that is putting the bars of the bar chart in date order. If I create a text version of Month-Year, then QB will put the bars in alphabetical order by month name.