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.

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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 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.

Milky Way Kousa

Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Miniature Snowflake

Philadelphus 'Miniature Snowflake'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Minuet'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa pubescens 'Miss Kim'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Monsieur Jules Elie

Paeonia 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Mount Airy Fothergilla

Fothergilla × intermedia 'Mount Airy'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Mountain Frost Ruby

Dianthus 'Mountain Frost Ruby Snow'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Mrs. Bradshaw Avens

Geum 'Mrs. J. Bradshaw'

Full sunZones 5–72 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'My Castle'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'My Monet'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Philadelphus × virginalis 'Natchez'

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New Hampshire Purple

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

Full sunZones 5–82 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius

Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Noble Maiden'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget'

Full sunZones 2–85 ftModerate

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Paint the Town Fancy

Dianthus 'Paint the Town Fancy'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Carex muskingumensis

Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Perennial Salvia

Salvia nemorosa

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Fritillaria persica

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Pink Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Pink Cat'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Pink Fire'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Pink Hawaiian Coral

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Baptisia 'Pink Lemonade'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

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