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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White Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Full sunZones 10–118 inModerate

Freesia 'White'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'White'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

White Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

White Inside-Out Flower

Vancouveria hexandra

Part shadeZones 5–71.5 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'White Knight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'White Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

White Mistflower

Ageratina havanensis

Full sunZones 8–104 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–105 ftLow

White Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'White'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

White Triumphator

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Variegated Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

Full sunZones 6–106.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White-Tinged Sedge

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Geranium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Parthenium integrifolium

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Wine & Roses'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Winter King Green Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'

Full sunZones 4–725 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Witherod Viburnum

Viburnum cassinoides

Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes'

Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate

Wollerton Old Hall

Rosa 'Ausblanket'

Full sunZones 5–1011 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Phlox divaricata

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Woodland Stonecrop

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Yaku Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Yankee Point Carmel Creeper

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftLow

Illicium parviflorum

Part shadeZones 7–915 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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Yellow Marigold

Tagetes 'Yellow'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Yellow'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Yellow Trout Lily

Erythronium americanum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Viola cornuta 'Yellow'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Clinopodium douglasii

Part shadeZones 7–104 inModerate

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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