Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 6 That Bloom in May

748 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 6 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 748 plants, 616 have been checked against outside sources (40 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.

Allium cristophii

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cornus × rutgersensis 'Stellar Pink'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–94.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Stewartstonian'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Strawberry Hill

Rosa 'Ausrimini'

Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Malus 'Sugar Tyme'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sulfur Flower Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum

Full sunZones 4–812 inLow

Summer Snowflake

Leucojum aestivum

Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Full sunZones 3–76 ftModerate

Susan Williams-Ellis

Rosa 'Ausquirk'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Sutton's Apricot

Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron viscosum

Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dianthus barbatus

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Galium odoratum

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh

Liquidambar styraciflua

Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate

Teasing Georgia

Rosa 'Ausbaker'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow

The Alnwick Rose

Full sunZones 4–114 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Chatelaine'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

The Generous Gardener

Rosa 'Ausdrawn'

Full sunZones 4–1011 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Governor'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

The Lady Gardener

Rosa 'Ausbrass'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Lupinus 'The Pages'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auswalker'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

The Poet's Wife

Rosa 'Auswhirl'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–96 inLow

Rosa 'Korroleotu'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW'

Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Totally Tangerine Avens

Geum 'Totally Tangerine'

Full sunZones 5–72.5 ftModerate

Tranquilite Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo111'

Part shadeZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausnoble'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Acer buergerianum

Full sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Liriodendron tulipifera

Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate

Turkestan Onion

Allium karataviense

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auseasel'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Variegata'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Acer circinatum

Part shadeZones 5–712 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Volcano Cherry Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus 'Jong1'

Full sunZones 6–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Western Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Western Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii

Full sunZones 5–97.5 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

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