Bloom month

Plants that bloom in August

1199 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during August. Plan for reliable color in August and keep your borders from going quiet.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 1,199 plants, 796 have been checked against outside sources (54 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.

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Blue Waterfall Bellflower

Campanula poscharskyana 'Camgood'

Full sunZones 4–78 inModerate

Nepeta × faassenii 'Blue Wonder'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Blue Zinger Sedge

Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Caryopteris × clandonensis

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush

Buddleia 'PODARASNGA 9-15'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Hibiscus syriacus 'Blushing Bride'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Blushing Drift Rose

Rosa 'Meifranjin'

Full sunZones 5–111.5 ftLow

Blushing Knock Out Rose

Full sunZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Thunbergia alata 'Blushing Susie'

Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meidelweis'

Full sunZones 6–104 ftModerate

Celosia cristata 'Bombay Orange'

Full sun2 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Begonia boliviensis 'Bonfire'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Meidomonac'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auscousin'

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Bottle Rocket Ligularia

Ligularia 'Bottle Rocket'

Part shadeZones 4–62.5 ftModerate

Bottlebrush Grass

Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate

Boulevard Edda Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo074'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Boulevard Ravel Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo122'

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Thunbergia alata 'Bright Eyes'

Full sunZones 10–118 ftModerate

Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights'

Full sun3 ftLow1.5 ft wide

Brilliant Sedum

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Brilliantina Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Keyfly'

Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–1110 inLow

Bronze Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Bronze'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Bronze Wave Coral Bells

Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Geranium 'Brookside'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Bubble Up Beautyberry

Callicarpa japonica 'SMNCJLIEP'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Ditomfra'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Bouteloua dactyloides

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Burgundy Geranium

Pelargonium 'Burgundy'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burgundy Petunia

Petunia 'Burgundy'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Burgundy Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Burgundy'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Butter Rum Tickseed

Coreopsis 'Butter Rum'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Buttered Popcorn Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Buttered Popcorn'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Buddleia davidii

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Butterfly Marguerite Daisy

Argyranthemum 'Butterfly'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Asclepias tuberosa

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Full sunZones 7–112 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

Part sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Campfire Red Ember Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'DPWBIDCAPR'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–73 ftModerate

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