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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Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Obovate Beakgrain

Diarrhena obovata

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Holodiscus discolor

Part shadeZones 5–812 ftLow

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Orange Coneflower

Echinacea 'Harvest Moon'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Orange Marigold

Tagetes 'Orange'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Orange Perfection

Phlox paniculata 'Orange Perfection'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Orange Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Orange'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Orange Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Orange Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Potentilla fruticosa 'Orange Whisper'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Zinnia elegans 'Orange'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Oranges and Lemons

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Oranges and Lemons'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Oregon Stonecrop

Full sunZones 5–94 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Overdam'

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum chilense

Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Pacific Reedgrass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis

Part shadeZones 7–93.5 ftModerate

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inLow

Cortaderia selloana

Full sunZones 7–118 ftLow

Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pardon My Cerise

Monarda didyma 'Pardon My Cerise'

Full sunZones 3–912 inModerate

Pardon My Purple

Monarda didyma 'Pardon My Purple'

Full sunZones 3–912 inModerate

Full sunZones 7–102 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 6–913 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 2–91.5 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

Tropaeolum majus 'Peach Melba'

Full sun12 inLow1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Peach Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Ipomoea tricolor 'Pearly Gates'

Full sun10 ftModerate3.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gladiolus 'Peche Melba'

Full sunZones 7–104 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

PeeGee Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'

Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Perennial Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Perennial Sunflower

Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Agapanthus 'Peter Pan'

Full sunZones 7–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Phantom Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom'

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lavandula × intermedia 'Phenomenal'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs

Zantedeschia 'Picasso'

Part sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Picotee Lisianthus

Eustoma grandiflorum

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 7–103 ftModerate

Pincushion Flower

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Pineleaf Milkweed

Asclepias linaria

Full sunZones 8–103 ftModerate

Pineleaf Penstemon

Penstemon pinifolius

Full sunZones 4–912 inLow

Ageratum houstonianum

Full sunZones 10–1112 inModerate

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

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