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.

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

President Lincoln

Syringa vulgaris 'President Lincoln'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Rosa 'Ausmerchant'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Malus 'Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Purple Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Malus 'Purple Prince'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Purple Sensation

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftLow

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Purple Splendor

Rhododendron 'Purple Splendour'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Queen Elizabeth

Rosa 'Queen Elizabeth'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Queen of Sweden

Rosa 'Austiger'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Red Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Red Boy'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Red Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Trifolium pratense

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Malus 'Red Jewel'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Red Prince'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausowlish'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–84 inLow

Rockspray Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Full sunZones 5–72.5 ftModerate

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Full sunZones 4–116 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Rose Marvel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Royal Blue Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Royal Crimson Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auspaddle'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Royal Raindrops

Malus 'Royal Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Royal White Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–95 ftLow

Russian Comfrey

Symphytum × uplandicum

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Salvia officinalis

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Rosa 'Sally Holmes'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Sarah Bernhardt

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Sarah Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Sarah'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Cornus kousa 'Satomi'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Rosa 'Korvioros'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Rosa 'Scarlet Fire'

Full sunZones 5–106.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scarletta Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Scentsation Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation'

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Scintillation'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Screaming Yellow

Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftLow

Armeria maritima

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

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