Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in May

769 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 and typically flower in May, such as False Indigo, Peony and Tulip. 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 769 plants, 621 have been checked against outside sources (43 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.

Full sunZones 4–84 inLow

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Rocky Mountain Penstemon

Penstemon strictus

Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Rosa 'Fantin-Latour'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'

Full sunZones 4–116 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Rose Chiffon'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rose Creek Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia nemorosa 'Rose Marvel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Rosebud'

Part shadeZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia rosmarinus

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Roundleaf Ragwort

Packera obovata

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Royal Blue Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Royal Crimson Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auspaddle'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Royal Raindrops

Malus 'Royal Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Royal White Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–95 ftLow

Russian Comfrey

Symphytum × uplandicum

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia officinalis

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Gaultheria shallon

Part shadeZones 5–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Rosa 'Sally Holmes'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Salmon Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sarah Bernhardt

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sarah Elizabeth

Clematis 'Evipo098'

Part shadeZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sarah Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Sarah'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cornus kousa 'Satomi'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Rosa 'Korvioros'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Rosa 'Scarlet Fire'

Full sunZones 5–106.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scarletta Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scentsation Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation'

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Scintillation'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Screaming Yellow

Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftLow

Armeria maritima

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'

Full sunZones 4–81 ftLow

Shadblow Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate

Shamrock Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Asclepias speciosa

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Shropshire Lad Rose

Rosa 'Shropshire Lad'

Full sunZones 5–116 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate

Ornithogalum nutans

Part sunZones 6–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sir Winston Churchill

Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Six Hills Giant

Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Slender Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Smooth Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Salvia × sylvestris 'Schneehügel'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Snow White Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica 'Snow White'

Full sunZones 7–103.5 ftModerate

Snow White Sensation

Philadelphus 'Snow White Sensation'

Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Philadelphus 'Snowbelle'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Snowcicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowcicle'

Part sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Malus 'Snowdrift'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

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