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

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Allium 'Gladiator'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Part sunZones 3–72 ftHigh

Allium 'Globemaster'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Rosa 'Aroyqueli'

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Golden Apeldoorn

Tulipa 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Golden Celebration

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Rhododendron 'Golden Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–75 ftModerate

Golden Mock Orange

Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'

Full sunZones 4–86.5 ftModerate

Golden Raindrops

Malus 'Golden Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Hybrid Tea Rose

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Verbena 'Superbena Imperial Blue'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Calendula officinalis

Full sun2 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Eschscholzia californica 'Ivory Castle'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Calendula officinalis

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Pelargonium peltatum

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Java Red'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidiaphaz'

Full sunZones 6–93 ftModerate

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Jubilee Celebration

Rosa 'Aushunter'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'WEKvossutono'

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausjameson'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Junior Walker'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Kansas'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Karl Rosenfield

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Katherine Havemeyer

Syringa vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

Part sunZones 7–102.5 ftHigh

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Lady Banks' Rose

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

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