Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in May

680 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in May, such as False Indigo, Peony and Tulip. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 361 to 420 of 680 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months and USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 680 plants, 559 have been checked against outside sources (39 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.

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Hybrid Tea Rose

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Festuca idahoensis

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spigelia marilandica

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Java Red'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Jubilee Celebration

Rosa 'Aushunter'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'WEKvossutono'

Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausjameson'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Junior Walker'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Kansas'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Karl Rosenfield

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Katherine Havemeyer

Syringa vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–75 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lady Emma Hamilton

Rosa 'Ausbrother'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Lady of Shalott

Rosa 'Ausnyson'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Alchemilla mollis

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Large Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Lavender Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Lavender Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Lavender Larkspur

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Lavender Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'SMNSRD4'

Full sunZones 4–74.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Donna May'

Full sunZones 3–73 ftModerate

Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Long-Beaked Sedge

Carex sprengelii

Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–72 ftModerate

Dianthus deltoides

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'

Full sunZones 4–810 ftModerate

Manhattan Lights

Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mapleleaf Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Marge Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Marge'

Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meiffable'

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'Masterpiece'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astrantia major

Part shadeZones 4–72 ftModerate

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