Bloom month

Plants that bloom in August

1286 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during August. Plan for reliable color in August and keep your borders from going quiet.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 1,286 plants, 1,069 have been checked against outside sources (54 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.

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Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Rosa 'Meitelov'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Agapanthus 'Midnight Blue'

Full sunZones 7–112 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Midnight Marvel

Hibiscus 'Midnight Marvel'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh

Eschscholzia californica 'Mikado'

Full sunZones 8–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Allium 'Millenium'

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hibiscus syriacus 'Minerva'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Buddleia 'Miss Molly'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftLow

Buddleia 'Miss Ruby'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftLow

Missouri Evening Primrose

Oenothera macrocarpa

Full sunZones 3–712 inModerate

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Part sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 9–1113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Achillea 'Moonshine'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sun10 ftModerate3.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Moudry (Black Fountain Grass)

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftLow

Helianthus annuus 'Moulin Rouge'

Full sun5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Mountain Fleece

Bistorta amplexicaulis

Full sunZones 4–73.5 ftModerate

Mountain Frost Ruby

Dianthus 'Mountain Frost Ruby Snow'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Stewartia

Stewartia ovata

Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate

Hylotelephium 'Mr. Goodbud'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–94 ftLow

Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'

Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Lagerstroemia 'Muskogee'

Full sunZones 7–1023 ftLow

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'

Full sunZones 5–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Buddleia davidii 'Nanho Blue'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftLow

Narrowleaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Narrowleaf Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Full sun12 inLow1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lagerstroemia 'Natchez'

Full sunZones 7–1023 ftLow

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spiraea japonica 'Neon Flash'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Neon'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Barr's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

New England Blazing Star

Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Lantana camara 'New Gold'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

New Guinea Orange

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

New York Ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Phlox paniculata 'Nicky'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Night Sky'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Alcea rosea 'Nigra'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Clematis 'Niobe'

Full sunZones 4–98 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nonstop Red Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Nonstop Red'

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Begonia 'Nonstop Rose'

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow

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