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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Full sunZones 10–1110 ftModerate

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meiffable'

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'Mary Stoker'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hylotelephium 'Matrona'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Salvia farinacea

Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Rosa 'Meitelov'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Full sun10 ftModerate3.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftLow

Moudry (Black Fountain Grass)

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftLow

Mount Lemmon Marigold

Tagetes lemmonii

Full sunZones 9–103.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Fleece

Bistorta amplexicaulis

Full sunZones 4–73.5 ftModerate

Hylotelephium 'Mr. Goodbud'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Narrowleaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Neon'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Barr's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

Lantana camara 'New Gold'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

New Guinea Orange

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Night Sky'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Orange Coneflower

Echinacea 'Harvest Moon'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Orange Marigold

Tagetes 'Orange'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Orange Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Zinnia elegans 'Orange'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Symphyotrichum chilense

Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inLow

Cortaderia selloana

Full sunZones 7–118 ftLow

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Patricia Ballard

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Patricia Ballard'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Peach Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Ipomoea tricolor 'Pearly Gates'

Full sun10 ftModerate3.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Perennial Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Perennial Sunflower

Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Part shadeZones 7–103 ftModerate

Ageratum houstonianum

Full sunZones 10–1112 inModerate

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Verbena 'EnduraScape Pink Bicolor'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

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