Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 9 That Bloom in May

522 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 9 and typically flower in May, such as False Indigo, Bearded Iris and Creeping Phlox. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 241 to 300 of 522 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 522 plants, 393 have been checked against outside sources (30 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.

Gardenia jasminoides

Part sunZones 8–114 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Magnolia 'Genie'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Gentle Hermione

Rosa 'Ausrumba'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Georgia Peach Pie

Dianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie'

Full sunZones 5–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Gertrude Jekyll

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Abelia × grandiflora

Full sunZones 6–94.5 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Aroyqueli'

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

Golden Celebration

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Goodding's Verbena

Glandularia gooddingii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Chrysogonum virginianum

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Aushouse'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Henry Duelberg Mealy Blue Sage

Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg'

Full sunZones 7–103 ftModerate

Rosa 'Ausblush'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

Hybrid Tea Rose

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Verbena 'Superbena Imperial Blue'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Full sunZones 8–105 ftModerate

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

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidiaphaz'

Full sunZones 6–93 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

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

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

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Full sunZones 8–109 ftModerate

Lavender African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Soprano Lavender'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Lavender Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Lavender Bacopa

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 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

Lavender Verbena

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Lemon African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Lemon Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Citrus aurantifolia

Full sunZones 9–1113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lindheimer's Muhly

Muhlenbergia lindheimeri

Full sunZones 7–94 ftModerate

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