Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 4 That Bloom in May

318 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 4 and typically flower in May, such as Actaea, Adirondack and Alba. 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 318 plants, 138 have been checked against outside sources (29 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.

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Cherries Jubilee

Baptisia 'Cherries Jubilee'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftLow

Allium schoenoprasum

Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Coconut Surprise

Dianthus 'Coconut Surprise'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Symphytum officinale

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Crater Lake Blue

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Cunningham's White

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Part shadeZones 4–85 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Czechmark Trilogy

Weigela 'Czechmark Trilogy'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Dalmatian Peach

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Dalmatian Purple

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Atropurpureum'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Duchesse de Nemours

Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Bellis perennis

Full sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Rhododendron 'English Roseum'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

European Snowball

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'

Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausegdon'

Full sunZones 4–114 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Flowering Crabapple

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Dianthus 'Frosty Fire'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Lupinus 'Gallery Blue'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Gallery Red'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Gallery White'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Gardenia'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Georgia Peach Pie

Dianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Allium giganteum

Full sunZones 4–83 ftLow

Allium 'Gladiator'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Part sunZones 3–72 ftHigh

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Golden Apeldoorn

Tulipa 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

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