Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in May

453 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in May, such as Abraham Darby, Actaea and Adirondack. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 181 to 240 of 453 plants

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 453 plants, 218 have been checked against outside sources (39 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.

Golden Raindrops

Malus 'Golden Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Hybrid Tea Rose

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Java Red'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Jubilee Celebration

Rosa 'Aushunter'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'WEKvossutono'

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausjameson'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Junior Walker'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Kansas'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Karl Rosenfield

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Katherine Havemeyer

Syringa vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Lady Emma Hamilton

Rosa 'Ausbrother'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Lady of Shalott

Rosa 'Ausnyson'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Alchemilla mollis

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Large Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Lavender Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Lavender Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Lavender Larkspur

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Lavender Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Donna May'

Full sunZones 3–73 ftModerate

Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–72 ftModerate

Dianthus deltoides

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Manhattan Lights

Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meiffable'

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Masterpiece'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'

Part sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Mainacht'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

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