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.

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Ornithogalum dubium

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Paint the Town Fancy

Dianthus 'Paint the Town Fancy'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Carex muskingumensis

Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

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

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Picotee'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

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

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Pink Hawaiian Coral

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Jasminum polyanthum

Full sunZones 8–1113 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Baptisia 'Pink Lemonade'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Pink Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Pink Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Portuguese Squill

Scilla peruviana

Full sunZones 8–1012 inModerate

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

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 Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 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

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftHigh

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