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

White Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Full sunZones 10–118 inModerate

Freesia 'White'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'White'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

White Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Weigela florida 'White Knight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'White Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–74 ftModerate

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

White Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Viola wittrockiana 'White'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'White'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Dianthus 'White'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

White Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

White Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'White'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

White Triumphator

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

White Variegated Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

Full sunZones 6–106.5 ftModerate

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Weigela florida 'Alba'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

White Wild Indigo

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

White Wisteria (Alba)

Wisteria floribunda 'Alba'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Wine & Roses'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes'

Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate

Wollerton Old Hall

Rosa 'Ausblanket'

Full sunZones 5–1011 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Yaku Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Yellow Blotch Pansy

Viola wittrockiana 'Yellow Blotch'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Yellow Calendula

Calendula officinalis

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Yellow California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Yellow Marigold

Tagetes 'Yellow'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Viola wittrockiana 'Yellow'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Petunia 'Yellow'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Yellow Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Yellow Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Yellow'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Viola cornuta 'Yellow'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Deutzia 'NCDX2'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Zéphirine Drouhin

Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

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