Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in October

223 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in October, such as Toad Lily, Garden Mum and Aster. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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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 223 plants, 179 have been checked against outside sources (12 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.

Colchicum speciosum

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Shropshire Lad Rose

Rosa 'Shropshire Lad'

Full sunZones 5–116 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Stanwell Perpetual

Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'

Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Strawberry Hill

Rosa 'Ausrimini'

Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Susan Williams-Ellis

Rosa 'Ausquirk'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Swamp Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Panicum virgatum

Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow

Teasing Georgia

Rosa 'Ausbaker'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

The Alnwick Rose

Full sunZones 4–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'The Fairy'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

The Generous Gardener

Rosa 'Ausdrawn'

Full sunZones 4–1011 ftModerate

Colchicum 'The Giant'

Full sunZones 4–911 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

The Lady Gardener

Rosa 'Ausbrass'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auswalker'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

The Poet's Wife

Rosa 'Auswhirl'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Hylotelephium 'Thunderhead'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Rosa 'Korroleotu'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausnoble'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Undaunted Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia reverchonii 'Pund01s'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Rosa 'Auseasel'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Part shadeZones 5–101.5 ftModerate

Colchicum 'Waterlily'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Beautyberry

Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'White'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Turtlehead

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Wollerton Old Hall

Rosa 'Ausblanket'

Full sunZones 5–1011 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Blue'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Pink'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Purple'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'Yellow'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Zéphirine Drouhin

Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

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