Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 6 That Bloom in May

485 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 6 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 485 plants, 237 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.

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Perennial Salvia

Salvia nemorosa

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Fritillaria persica

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Pink Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Pink Cat'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Pink Fire'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Pink Hawaiian Coral

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Baptisia 'Pink Lemonade'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

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

Princess Charlene de Monaco Rose

Rosa 'Princess Charlene de Monaco'

Full sunZones 6–102.5 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

Eschscholzia californica 'Purple Gleam'

Full sunZones 6–1012 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

Rosa 'Meidrason'

Full sunZones 6–910 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

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