Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in May

749 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in May, such as False Indigo, Peony and Tulip. 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 749 plants, 677 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.

Decadence Lemon Meringue False Indigo

Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Sparkling Sapphires False Indigo

Baptisia 'Sparkling Sapphires'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Vanilla Cream False Indigo

Baptisia 'Vanilla Cream'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Ilex glabra 'Densa'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auskindling'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Desert Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Diamantina Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo039'

Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dolce Apple Twist Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Apple Twist'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Dolce Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Actaea pachypoda

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Double Delight'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Double Play Blue Kazoo Spirea

Spiraea media 'Smsmbk'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Double Play Dolly Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjsa'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Doozie Spirea

Spiraea 'Ncsx2'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Gold Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Yan'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Double Play Princess Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Farrowsjko'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Red Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjmfr'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Take Eternal White Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Smncsdw'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Downy Arrowwood

Viburnum rafinesqueanum

Part sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Iris × hollandica

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Iris Sapphire Beauty

Iris 'Sapphire Beauty'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia macrophylla

Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Symphytum grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Crested Iris

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Dwarf Korean Lilac

Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Earlybird Purple Blue Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258487'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Purple White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Red and White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258484'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rosa 'Korgeowim'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Eastern Beebalm

Monarda bradburyana

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Eastern Star Sedge

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Kashmir Rose

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance My Girl Shrub Rose

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Sunrise Sunset Rose

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Yellow Submarine Rose

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meiviolin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Electric Lights Double Pink Azalea

Rhododendron 'Umnaz 493'

Part shadeZones 4–76 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Electric Lights Red Azalea

Rhododendron 'Umnaz633'

Part sunZones 4–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Electric Love Weigela

Weigela florida 'Zr1'

Full sunZones 4–71.5 ftModerate

Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–86 inLow

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