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.

Showing 361 to 420 of 749 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 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.

Part sunZones 3–72 ftHigh

Allium 'Globemaster'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Alexanders

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Golden Apeldoorn

Tulipa 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Celebration

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Golden Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Mock Orange

Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'

Full sunZones 4–86.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Golden Raindrops

Malus 'Golden Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Cornus racemosa

Full sunZones 4–812 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Camassia leichtlinii

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Great White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Chrysogonum virginianum

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Hairy Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

Full sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Part sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Heartleaf Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Festuca idahoensis

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spigelia marilandica

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Indian Ricegrass

Eriocoma hymenoides

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate

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 5–81.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Kansas'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Karl Rosenfield

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Katherine Havemeyer

Syringa vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–75 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

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