Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 10 That Bloom in May

230 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 10 and typically flower in May, such as Abraham Darby, Admiral and African Daisy. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months and USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 230 plants, 88 have been checked against outside sources (16 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations. Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Gardenia jasminoides

Part sunZones 8–114 ftHigh

Gentle Hermione

Rosa 'Ausrumba'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Gertrude Jekyll

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aroyqueli'

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Golden Celebration

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Verbena 'Superbena Imperial Blue'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Ivory Castle'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Jubilee Celebration

Rosa 'Aushunter'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausjameson'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

Part sunZones 7–102.5 ftHigh

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Lady Emma Hamilton

Rosa 'Ausbrother'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Lady of Shalott

Rosa 'Ausnyson'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Lavender African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Soprano Lavender'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Lavender Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Lavender Bacopa

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Lavender Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Lavender Larkspur

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Lavender Pentas

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Lavender Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Lavender Verbena

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Lemon African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Lemon Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Citrus aurantifolia

Full sunZones 9–1113 ftModerate

Little Gem Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'

Full sunZones 7–1020 ftModerate

Lord Lieutenant

Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Louise Clements

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Madame Anisette Rose

Rosa 'Madame Anisette'

Full sunZones 6–102 ftModerate

Magenta Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Magenta Verbena

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Marguerite Daisy

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meiffable'

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftModerate

Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Rosa 'Meitelov'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Mikado'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mt. Everest'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Orange African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Freesia 'Orange'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Ornithogalum dubium

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Picotee'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Pink African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Serenity Pink'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

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