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.

Showing 481 to 540 of 769 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 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.

Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternata

Part shadeZones 7–106.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meitelov'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Eschscholzia californica 'Mikado'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Milky Way Kousa

Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Miniature Snowflake

Philadelphus 'Miniature Snowflake'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Weigela florida 'Minuet'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa pubescens 'Miss Kim'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Monsieur Jules Elie

Paeonia 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mount Airy Fothergilla

Fothergilla × intermedia 'Mount Airy'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Frost Ruby

Dianthus 'Mountain Frost Ruby Snow'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mt. Everest'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Rosa 'Ausbernard'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Lupinus 'My Castle'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Weigela florida 'My Monet'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 ftModerate

New Hampshire Purple

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Ceanothus americanus

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

Full sunZones 5–82 ftModerate

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Red Oak

Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Olivia Rose Austin

Rosa 'Ausmixture'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Ornithogalum dubium

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Paint the Town Fancy

Dianthus 'Paint the Town Fancy'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Painted Orange Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Orange'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Painted Red Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red'

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Carex muskingumensis

Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Patience'

Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Perennial Salvia

Salvia nemorosa

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Fritillaria persica

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Picotee'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Pink Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Pink Cat'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

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