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

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Mountain Frost Ruby

Dianthus 'Mountain Frost Ruby Snow'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Mrs. Bradshaw Avens

Geum 'Mrs. J. Bradshaw'

Full sunZones 5–72 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mt. Everest'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'My Castle'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'My Monet'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Philadelphus × virginalis 'Natchez'

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New Guinea Orange

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

New Hampshire Purple

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Petunia 'Night Sky'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

Full sunZones 5–82 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius

Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Noble Maiden'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget'

Full sunZones 2–85 ftModerate

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Orange African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Freesia 'Orange'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Orange Marigold

Tagetes 'Orange'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Viola wittrockiana 'Orange'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Orange Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Orange'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Ornithogalum dubium

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Paint the Town Fancy

Dianthus 'Paint the Town Fancy'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Carex muskingumensis

Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Viola × wittrockiana

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Perennial Salvia

Salvia nemorosa

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Fritillaria persica

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Picotee'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Pink African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Serenity Pink'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Verbena 'EnduraScape Pink Bicolor'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Pink Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

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