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.

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Full sunZones 8–105 ftModerate

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

Island Alumroot

Heuchera maxima

Part shadeZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Ivory Castle'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jade Turtle Cherry Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus 'Miniredia'

Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auscrystal'

Full sunZones 5–115 ftModerate

James L. Austin

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Java Red'

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidiaphaz'

Full sunZones 6–93 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

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

Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

Part sunZones 7–102.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Knock Out'

Full sunZones 4–103.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lady Banks' Rose

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

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

Full sunZones 8–109 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

Lindheimer's Muhly

Muhlenbergia lindheimeri

Full sunZones 7–94 ftModerate

Little Gem Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'

Full sunZones 7–1020 ftModerate

Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Lord Lieutenant

Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Louise Clements

Full sunZones 6–105 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

Madame Anisette Rose

Rosa 'Madame Anisette'

Full sunZones 6–102 ftModerate

Magenta Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'

Part sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Mainacht'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Podophyllum peltatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mexican Feather Grass

Nassella tenuissima

Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

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