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.

Full sunZones 3–95 ftLow

Russian Comfrey

Symphytum × uplandicum

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Salvia officinalis

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Sarah Bernhardt

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scentsation Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation'

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Armeria maritima

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'

Full sunZones 4–81 ftLow

Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Sir Winston Churchill

Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Six Hills Giant

Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Salvia × sylvestris 'Schneehügel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Snow White Sensation

Philadelphus 'Snow White Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cerastium tomentosum

Full sunZones 3–76 inLow

Philadelphus 'Snowbelle'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Malus 'Snowdrift'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Sonic Bloom Pink

Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Pink'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Sonic Bloom Red

Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Red'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Spilled Wine'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Spring Green'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Stanwell Perpetual

Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'

Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Star of Bethlehem

Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate

Allium cristophii

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Strawberry Hill

Rosa 'Ausrimini'

Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Malus 'Sugar Tyme'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Summer Snowflake

Leucojum aestivum

Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Full sunZones 3–76 ftModerate

Susan Williams-Ellis

Rosa 'Ausquirk'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Sutton's Apricot

Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Dianthus barbatus

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Galium odoratum

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

The Alnwick Rose

Full sunZones 4–114 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Chatelaine'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

The Generous Gardener

Rosa 'Ausdrawn'

Full sunZones 4–1011 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Governor'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Pages'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–96 inLow

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW'

Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Liriodendron tulipifera

Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate

Turkestan Onion

Allium karataviense

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Variegata'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

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