Bloom month

Plants that bloom in May

1139 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 1,139 plants, 971 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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Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternata

Part shadeZones 7–106.5 ftModerate

Prunus mexicana

Full sunZones 6–825 ftLow

Rosa 'Meitelov'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Mikado'

Full sunZones 8–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Milky Way Kousa

Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Miniature Snowflake

Philadelphus 'Miniature Snowflake'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Minuet'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa pubescens 'Miss Kim'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Monsieur Jules Elie

Paeonia 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mount Airy Fothergilla

Fothergilla × intermedia 'Mount Airy'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Frost Ruby

Dianthus 'Mountain Frost Ruby Snow'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Mrs. Bradshaw Avens

Geum 'Mrs. J. Bradshaw'

Full sunZones 5–72 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mt. Everest'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'My Castle'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Weigela florida 'My Monet'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Nannyberry Viburnum

Viburnum lentago

Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate

Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Narrowleaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Philadelphus × virginalis 'Natchez'

Full sunZones 4–78 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New Guinea Orange

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

New Hampshire Purple

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Ceanothus americanus

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Night Sky'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

Full sunZones 5–82 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius

Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate

Northern Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Pin Oak

Quercus ellipsoidalis

Full sunZones 4–757 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Northern Red Oak

Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Orange African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Freesia 'Orange'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Orange Marigold

Tagetes 'Orange'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Orange'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Orange Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Orange'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Ornithogalum dubium

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Oregon Sunshine

Eriophyllum lanatum

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftLow

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