Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in October

311 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 and typically flower in October, such as Toad Lily, Garden Mum and Aster. 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 311 plants, 241 have been checked against outside sources (14 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.

Chrysanthemum 'Red'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausowlish'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Full sunZones 4–116 ftModerate

Rosa de Rescht (Damask Rose)

Rosa 'De Rescht'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Rose Creek Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auspaddle'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Part sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Ericameria nauseosa

Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Chrysanthemum 'Rust'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Sally Holmes'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Korvioros'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Muhlenbergia reverchonii

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'

Part shadeZones 7–97 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Colchicum speciosum

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Shropshire Lad Rose

Rosa 'Shropshire Lad'

Full sunZones 5–116 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Splitbeard Bluestem

Anatherum ternarium

Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Stanwell Perpetual

Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'

Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–94.5 ftModerate

Strawberry Hill

Rosa 'Ausrimini'

Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Sunrise Agastache

Agastache 'Sunrise'

Full sunZones 6–112.5 ftLow

Agastache 'Sunset'

Full sunZones 6–112.5 ftModerate

Susan Williams-Ellis

Rosa 'Ausquirk'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Swamp Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Panicum virgatum

Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow

Dahlia 'Sylvia'

Full sunZones 8–103 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Teasing Georgia

Rosa 'Ausbaker'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Lantana urticoides

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftLow

Texas Turk's Cap

Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii

Part shadeZones 7–104.5 ftModerate

The Alnwick Rose

Full sunZones 4–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'The Fairy'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

The Generous Gardener

Rosa 'Ausdrawn'

Full sunZones 4–1011 ftModerate

Colchicum 'The Giant'

Full sunZones 4–911 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

The Lady Gardener

Rosa 'Ausbrass'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auswalker'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

The Poet's Wife

Rosa 'Auswhirl'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Thomas Edison'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hylotelephium 'Thunderhead'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Rosa 'Korroleotu'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausnoble'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Salvia coccinea

Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Undaunted Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia reverchonii 'Pund01s'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Rosa 'Auseasel'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Part shadeZones 5–101.5 ftModerate

Colchicum 'Waterlily'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Beautyberry

Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

White Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Chrysanthemum 'White'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Turtlehead

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh

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