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

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherokee Princess

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherries Jubilee

Baptisia 'Cherries Jubilee'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftLow

Allium schoenoprasum

Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausprior'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Coconut Surprise

Dianthus 'Coconut Surprise'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Symphytum officinale

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'Coral'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Petunia 'Coral'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Coral Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Coral'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Crater Lake Blue

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Tagetes erecta 'Vanilla'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Cream Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Fritillaria imperialis

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Crown Imperial Lutea

Fritillaria imperialis 'Lutea'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Crown Imperial Rubra

Fritillaria imperialis 'Rubra'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Crown Jewel'

Part sunZones 6–102.5 ftHigh

Crown Princess Margareta

Rosa 'Auswinter'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Lobelia erinus 'Crystal Palace'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Cunningham's White

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Part shadeZones 4–85 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Cuphea (Cigar Plant)

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Czechmark Trilogy

Weigela 'Czechmark Trilogy'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Dalmatian Peach

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Dalmatian Purple

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Dames de Chenonceau Rose

Rosa 'Dames de Chenonceau'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausdecorum'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Atropurpureum'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Deep Rose Gerbera

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Delaware Valley White

Rhododendron 'Delaware Valley White'

Part shadeZones 6–83.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auskindling'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Rosa 'Dolly Parton'

Full sunZones 6–104.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Don Juan'

Full sunZones 6–910 ftModerate

Rosa 'Double Delight'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Double Rose Impatiens

Impatiens 'Rockapulco Rose'

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Dragon Wing Pink

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Pink'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Dragon Wing Red

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Red'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

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