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

Nepeta 'Pink Cat'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Pink Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Full sunZones 10–118 inModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Pink Fire'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'Pink'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Pink Hawaiian Coral

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Jasminum polyanthum

Full sunZones 8–1113 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Baptisia 'Pink Lemonade'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Pink Marguerite Daisy

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Pink Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Pink Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Verbena 'Superbena Royale Plum Wine'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Anemone coronaria

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Portuguese Squill

Scilla peruviana

Full sunZones 8–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

President Lincoln

Syringa vulgaris 'President Lincoln'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Rosa 'Ausmerchant'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Princess Charlene de Monaco Rose

Rosa 'Princess Charlene de Monaco'

Full sunZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Malus 'Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Purple Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Purple Face Pansy

Viola wittrockiana 'Purple Face'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Freesia 'Purple Rain'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Purple Geranium

Pelargonium 'Purple'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Eschscholzia californica 'Purple Gleam'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Petunia 'Purple'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Malus 'Purple Prince'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Purple Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Purple Sensation

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftLow

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Purple Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Purple'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Purple Splendor

Rhododendron 'Purple Splendour'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Purple Wave'

Full sun8 inModerate2.5 ft wide

Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Queen Elizabeth

Rosa 'Queen Elizabeth'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Queen of Sweden

Rosa 'Austiger'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftHigh

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Raspberry Pentas

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Red Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Red Boy'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Red Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

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