Bloom month

Plants that bloom in May

701 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during May. Plan for reliable color in May 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 701 plants, 294 have been checked against outside sources (51 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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Ground Cover Plants

Scarlet Verbena

Verbena 'Lanai Scarlet'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Scarletta Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Scentsation Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation'

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Scintillation'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Screaming Yellow

Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftLow

Armeria maritima

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'

Full sunZones 4–81 ftLow

Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Shropshire Lad Rose

Rosa 'Shropshire Lad'

Full sunZones 5–116 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Ornithogalum nutans

Part sunZones 6–101.5 ftModerate

Sir Winston Churchill

Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Six Hills Giant

Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Sky Blue Lobelia

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Slender Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Salvia × sylvestris 'Schneehügel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Lobularia 'Snow Princess'

Full sun6 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Snow White Sensation

Philadelphus 'Snow White Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cerastium tomentosum

Full sunZones 3–76 inLow

Philadelphus 'Snowbelle'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Malus 'Snowdrift'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Sonic Bloom Pink

Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Pink'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Sonic Bloom Red

Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Red'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Viola cornuta 'Sorbet'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate

Spanish Lavender

Lavandula stoechas

Full sunZones 7–91.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Spilled Wine'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Spring Green'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Stanwell Perpetual

Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'

Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Full sunZones 7–1013 ftModerate

Star of Bethlehem

Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate

Allium cristophii

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Cornus × rutgersensis 'Stellar Pink'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–94.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Stewartstonian'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Strawberry Hill

Rosa 'Ausrimini'

Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Malus 'Sugar Tyme'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Summer Snowflake

Leucojum aestivum

Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Full sunZones 3–76 ftModerate

SunPatiens Coral

Impatiens 'SunPatiens'

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Superbells Blackcurrant Punch

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Blackcurrant Punch'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Blue

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Blue'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Cherry Star

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Cherry Star'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Coralina

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Coralina'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Grape Punch

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Grape Punch'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Lemon Slice

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Lemon Slice'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Pink

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Pink'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Red'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Superbells Tangerine Punch

Calibrachoa 'Superbells Tangerine Punch'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

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