Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in May

510 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 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 510 plants, 242 have been checked against outside sources (43 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.

Lupinus 'Gallery Blue'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Gallery Red'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Gallery White'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Gardenia'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides

Part sunZones 8–114 ftHigh

Magnolia 'Genie'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Gentle Hermione

Rosa 'Ausrumba'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Georgia Peach Pie

Dianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Gertrude Jekyll

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Allium giganteum

Full sunZones 4–83 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Allium 'Gladiator'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Allium 'Globemaster'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aroyqueli'

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Golden Apeldoorn

Tulipa 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Golden Celebration

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Golden Mock Orange

Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'

Full sunZones 4–86.5 ftModerate

Golden Raindrops

Malus 'Golden Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

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

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Ivory Castle'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Java Red'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidiaphaz'

Full sunZones 6–93 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 3–81.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Kansas'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Karl Rosenfield

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

Part sunZones 7–102.5 ftHigh

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

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