Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in May

881 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 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 881 plants, 791 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.

Rosa 'Don Juan'

Full sunZones 6–910 ftModerate

Rosa 'Double Delight'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Double Play Blue Kazoo Spirea

Spiraea media 'Smsmbk'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Double Play Dolly Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjsa'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Doozie Spirea

Spiraea 'Ncsx2'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Gold Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Yan'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Double Play Princess Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Farrowsjko'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Red Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjmfr'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Take Eternal White Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Smncsdw'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Iris douglasiana

Part shadeZones 7–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Downy Arrowwood

Viburnum rafinesqueanum

Part sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Dragon Lady Holly

Ilex × aquipernyi 'Meschick'

Full sunZones 6–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Dressed To Thrill Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata 'Smnbfw'

Full sunZones 6–921 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Duchesse de Nemours

Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Iris × hollandica

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Iris Sapphire Beauty

Iris 'Sapphire Beauty'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia macrophylla

Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Symphytum grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Crested Iris

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus'

Part shadeZones 6–104 inModerate

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Earlybird Purple Blue Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258487'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Purple White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Red and White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258484'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rosa 'Korgeowim'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Eastern Beebalm

Monarda bradburyana

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Full sunZones 6–96 ftModerate

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Eastern Star Sedge

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Kashmir Rose

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance My Girl Shrub Rose

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Sunrise Sunset Rose

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Yellow Submarine Rose

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ebb Tide'

Full sunZones 6–112 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meiviolin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

El Niño Desert Orchid

× Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Ncxc1'

Full sunZones 6–912 ftModerate

Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–86 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Rosa 'Ausearnshaw'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Enchanted Meadow Rose

Rosa 'Radmeadow'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Encore Autumn Amethyst

Rhododendron 'Encore Autumn Amethyst'

Part shadeZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Encore Autumn Rouge

Rhododendron 'Conlea'

Part shadeZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

EnduraScape Dark Purple

Verbena 'EnduraScape Dark Purple'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Engelmann Daisy

Engelmannia peristenia

Full sunZones 5–102 ftModerate

Bellis perennis

Full sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Rhododendron 'English Roseum'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Estrellita Little Star Firecracker Bush

Bouvardia 'Winbueslst'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

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