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.

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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 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.

Little Gem Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'

Full sunZones 7–1020 ftModerate

Lord Lieutenant

Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Louise Clements

Full sunZones 6–105 ftModerate

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

Magenta Verbena

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Dianthus deltoides

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Manhattan Lights

Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Marge Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Marge'

Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Marguerite Daisy

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meiffable'

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftModerate

Mexican Feather Grass

Nassella tenuissima

Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

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

Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

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

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'New Dawn'

Full sunZones 5–911 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

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

Orange African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Freesia 'Orange'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 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

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

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

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Picotee'

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Serenity Pink'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Verbena 'EnduraScape Pink Bicolor'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Pink Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Pink Fire'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Jasminum polyanthum

Full sunZones 8–1113 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Baptisia 'Pink Lemonade'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

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