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.

Rosa 'Meidomonac'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly

Ilex vomitoria 'Condeaux'

Full sunZones 7–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auscousin'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Boule de Neige'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Boulevard Edda Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo074'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Boursault Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Boursault'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bowles' Golden Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate

Brandywine Viburnum

Viburnum nudum 'Bulk'

Full sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate

Spiraea × vanhouttei

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brome-Like Sedge

Carex bromoides

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Bronze Beauty Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Conthery'

Part shadeZones 7–109 ftModerate

Brunner 'Jack Frost'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunner 'Silver Heart'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Bubbly Wine Weigela

Weigela florida 'FLORACLAR'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Buckley's Quill Mock Orange

Philadelphus 'Buckley's Quill'

Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Bunny Blue Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burning Love Japanese Leucothoe

Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal 50'

Part shadeZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Carpenteria californica

Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica

Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

California Poppy

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Cream/White)

Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)

Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'

Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot Lavender

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot White'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Candy Cloud Pink Phlox

Phlox 'Balcloudink'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Candybox Chilean Guava

Ugni molinae 'PI16'

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

Iberis sempervirens

Full sunZones 3–810 inLow

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Capistrano'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Carol Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Carol'

Part shadeZones 5–88 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus

Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Lupine

Thermopsis villosa

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Carolina Moonlight

Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Carousel Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Carousel'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cascade Oregon Grape

Berberis nervosa

Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate

Cat's Eye Dwarf Bearded Iris

Iris 'Cat's Eye'

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cat's Pajamas Catmint

Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Cécile Brünner

Rosa 'Cécile Brünner'

Full sunZones 5–103 ftModerate

Celandine Poppy

Chelidonium diphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Leucophyllum frutescens

Full sunZones 8–108 ftLow

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