Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 3 That Bloom in May

175 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 3 and typically flower in May, such as Actaea, Alba and Amazing Grace. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 121 to 175 of 175 plants

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.3 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

Full sunZones 3–93.9 ftLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.6 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftLow

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Red Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Red Boy'

Full sunZones 2–112.6 ftLow

Paeonia 'Red Charm'

Full sunZones 3–82.8 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.6 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.6 ftModerate

Royal Blue Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–115.9 ftModerate

Royal Crimson Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–115.9 ftModerate

Royal White Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–115.9 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.9 ftLow

Sarah Bernhardt

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Screaming Yellow

Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'

Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Full sunZones 3–79.8 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftModerate

Sir Winston Churchill

Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Six Hills Giant

Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'

Full sunZones 3–82.6 ftLow

Cerastium tomentosum

Full sunZones 3–76 inLow

Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

Full sunZones 3–83.9 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82.3 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Spring Green'

Full sunZones 3–81.6 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–111.6 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Full sunZones 3–75.9 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–115.9 ftModerate

Dianthus barbatus

Full sunZones 3–91.3 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW'

Full sunZones 3–73.3 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Turkestan Onion

Allium karataviense

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'

Part shadeZones 3–92.3 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–86.6 ftModerate

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part shadeZones 3–81.6 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgwood Blue'

Full sunZones 3–78.2 ftModerate

White Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

White Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.3 ftLow

White Columbine

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'White Delight'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Dianthus 'White'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.6 ftModerate

White Triumphator

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

White Wild Indigo

Full sunZones 3–93.3 ftLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78.2 ftModerate

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