Bloom month

Plants that bloom in May

1007 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 1,007 plants, 731 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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Petunia 'Purple'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Purple Poppy Mallow

Callirhoe involucrata

Full sunZones 4–88 inModerate

Malus 'Purple Prince'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Sensation

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Purple Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Purple'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Purple Splendor

Rhododendron 'Purple Splendour'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Purple Wave'

Full sun8 inModerate2.5 ft wide

Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Queen Elizabeth

Rosa 'Queen Elizabeth'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Queen of Sweden

Rosa 'Austiger'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

Part sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Raspberry Pentas

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Red Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Red Boy'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Red Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aronia arbutifolia

Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate

Trifolium pratense

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidrason'

Full sunZones 6–910 ftModerate

Sambucus racemosa

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Malus 'Red Jewel'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Red Marguerite Daisy

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tagetes patula 'Red'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Red'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Weigela florida 'Red Prince'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Red Robin Photinia

Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin'

Full sunZones 7–911 ftModerate

Antirrhinum 'Red'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Redosier Dogwood

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 7–108 inModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausowlish'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–84 inLow

Rocket Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Rocket'

Full sun3 ftModerate12 in wide

Rockspray Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Full sunZones 5–72.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Rocky Mountain Penstemon

Penstemon strictus

Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Full sunZones 4–116 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Rose Chiffon'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rose Creek Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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