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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Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Diamantina Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo039'

Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Diamond Spire Gardenia

Gardenia 'Leefive'

Part shadeZones 7–103.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dolce Apple Twist Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Apple Twist'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Dolce Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Actaea pachypoda

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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 Play Blue Kazoo Spirea

Spiraea media 'Smsmbk'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Double Play Dolly Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjsa'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Doozie Spirea

Spiraea 'Ncsx2'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Gold Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Yan'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Double Play Princess Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Farrowsjko'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Red Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjmfr'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Rose Impatiens

Impatiens 'Rockapulco Rose'

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Double Take Eternal White Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Smncsdw'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Iris douglasiana

Part shadeZones 7–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Downy Arrowwood

Viburnum rafinesqueanum

Part sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Dragon Lady Holly

Ilex × aquipernyi 'Meschick'

Full sunZones 6–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dragon Wing Pink

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Pink'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dragon Wing Red

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Red'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Dressed To Thrill Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata 'Smnbfw'

Full sunZones 6–921 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Duchesse de Nemours

Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Iris × hollandica

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Iris Sapphire Beauty

Iris 'Sapphire Beauty'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia macrophylla

Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Symphytum grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Crested Iris

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Dwarf Korean Lilac

Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus'

Part shadeZones 6–104 inModerate

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Earlybird Purple Blue Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258487'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Purple White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Red and White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258484'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rosa 'Korgeowim'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Eastern Beebalm

Monarda bradburyana

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Full sunZones 6–96 ftModerate

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Eastern Star Sedge

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Kashmir Rose

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance My Girl Shrub Rose

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Sunrise Sunset Rose

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Yellow Submarine Rose

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ebb Tide'

Full sunZones 6–112 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–114 inLow

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