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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Pelargonium 'Coral'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Coral Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate

Coral Knock Out Rose

Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Coral'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Coral Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Coral'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Coral Star Honeysuckle

Lonicera 'Celestial'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crater Lake Blue

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Tagetes erecta 'Vanilla'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cream Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Carex amphibola

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Creeping Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Creeping Woodland Phlox

Phlox stolonifera

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Bignonia capreolata

Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crown Princess Margareta

Rosa 'Auswinter'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Lobelia erinus 'Crystal Palace'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cucumbertree Magnolia

Magnolia acuminata

Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate

Cunningham's White

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Part shadeZones 4–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cuphea (Cigar Plant)

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Cutleaf Stephanandra

Neillia incisa 'Crispa'

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Czechmark Trilogy

Weigela 'Czechmark Trilogy'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 7–925 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dalmatian Peach

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dalmatian Purple

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dames de Chenonceau Rose

Rosa 'Dames de Chenonceau'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Chrysactinia mexicana

Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftLow

Dandy Man Color Wheel Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'NCRX1'

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dandy Man Purple Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'LavJ2011'

Part shadeZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausdecorum'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Atropurpureum'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Dark Lord Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Dark Lord'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Decadence Blueberry Sundae False Indigo

Baptisia 'Blueberry Sundae'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Dark Chocolate False Indigo

Baptisia 'Dark Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Deluxe Pink Truffles False Indigo

Baptisia 'Pink Truffles'

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Lemon Meringue False Indigo

Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Sparkling Sapphires False Indigo

Baptisia 'Sparkling Sapphires'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Vanilla Cream False Indigo

Baptisia 'Vanilla Cream'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Deep Rose Gerbera

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Delaware Valley White

Rhododendron 'Delaware Valley White'

Part shadeZones 6–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Delta Eclipse Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'Deleb'

Full sunZones 7–99 ftLow

Ilex glabra 'Densa'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auskindling'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Desert Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftLow

Desert Ironwood

Full sunZones 9–1030 ftLow

Desert Milkweed

Asclepias subulata

Full sunZones 8–113.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 6–101.5 ftLow

Chilopsis linearis

Full sunZones 7–919 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Cartrema americanum

Part shadeZones 6–919 ftModerate

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