Bloom month

Plants that bloom in October

559 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during October. Plan for reliable color in October 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 559 plants, 429 have been checked against outside sources (27 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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Lantana 'Bandana Pink'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lantana 'Bandana Rose'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auschimbley'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Believer Purple Aster

Symphyotrichum 'Yobeliever'

Full sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Benary's Giant Wine

Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Wine'

Full sun3.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'

Full sunZones 3–94 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Hartesia'

Full sunZones 6–93 ftModerate

Bicolor Geranium

Pelargonium 'Bicolor'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bicolor Marigold

Tagetes patula 'Bicolor'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bidens ferulifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Begonia 'Big Rose Bronze Leaf'

Part shade2 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sporobolus wrightii

Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftLow

Eurybia macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Bishop of Llandaff

Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bishop's Children

Dahlia 'Bishop's Children'

Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Adder Agastache

Agastache 'Black Adder'

Full sunZones 6–112 ftLow

Black-Eyed Susan

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Black-Eyed Susan Vine

Thunbergia alata

Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate

Blackfoot Daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

Full sunZones 4–1112 inLow

Blanc Double de Coubert Rose

Rosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'

Full sunZones 4–95.5 ftModerate

Bloom-A-Thon Pink Double

Rhododendron 'RLH1-2P8'

Part sunZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bloomerang Purpink Reblooming Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPTP'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Blue Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Full sunZones 10–118 inModerate

Blue Fortune Agastache

Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Full sunZones 5–103 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon'

Full sunZones 10–112 ftModerate

Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage

Salvia yangii 'Blue Jean Baby'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftLow

Blue Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Blushing Knock Out Rose

Full sunZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Thunbergia alata 'Blushing Susie'

Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Begonia boliviensis 'Bonfire'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meidomonac'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscousin'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Thunbergia alata 'Bright Eyes'

Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate

Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights'

Full sun3 ftLow1.5 ft wide

Brilliant Sedum

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Chrysanthemum 'Bronze'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Brunette Bugbane

Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'

Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burgundy Geranium

Pelargonium 'Burgundy'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chrysanthemum 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burgundy Petunia

Petunia 'Burgundy'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Anatherum glomeratum

Full sunZones 7–94.5 ftHigh

Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Full sunZones 7–112 ftLow

California Goldenrod

Solidago velutina subsp. californica

Full sunZones 6–102.5 ftLow

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Campfire Red Ember Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'DPWBIDCAPR'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–73 ftModerate

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