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 421 to 453 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.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auseasel'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Variegata'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgwood Blue'

Full sunZones 3–75.5 ftModerate

Weigela florida

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

White Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

White Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

White Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens

Full sunZones 3–104 inModerate

White Columbine

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'White Delight'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Weigela florida 'White Knight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'White Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–74 ftModerate

Dianthus 'White'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

White Triumphator

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Alba'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

White Wild Indigo

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

White Wisteria (Alba)

Wisteria floribunda 'Alba'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Wine & Roses'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes'

Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate

Wollerton Old Hall

Rosa 'Ausblanket'

Full sunZones 5–1011 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Yaku Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Deutzia 'NCDX2'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Zéphirine Drouhin

Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

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