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

Salvia × sylvestris 'Blauhügel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Marvel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Blue Moon Wisteria

Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon'

Full sunZones 3–920 ftModerate

Viola wittrockiana 'Blue'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Rhododendron 'Blue Peter'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Nepeta × faassenii 'Blue Wonder'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidomonac'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscousin'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Boule de Neige'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Bowles' Golden Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate

Spiraea × vanhouttei

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Bronze Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Bronze'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Brunner 'Jack Frost'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunner 'Silver Heart'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Burgundy Geranium

Pelargonium 'Burgundy'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Burgundy Petunia

Petunia 'Burgundy'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Burgundy Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Burgundy'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Butterfly Marguerite Daisy

Argyranthemum 'Butterfly'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

California Poppy

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

California Poppy (Cream/White)

Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)

Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'

Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Camelot Lavender

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot White'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Iberis sempervirens

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Capistrano'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Carolina Moonlight

Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Cécile Brünner

Rosa 'Cécile Brünner'

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Chandelier'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Chardonnay Pearls Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Fritillaria meleagris

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Checkered Lily Alba

Fritillaria meleagris 'Alba'

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

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