Bloom month

Plants that bloom in May

1007 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during May. Plan for reliable color in May 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 1,007 plants, 731 have been checked against outside sources (51 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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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

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

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

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

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

Nepeta 'Pink Cat'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Pink Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Full sunZones 10–118 inModerate

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Pink Fire'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'Pink'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Pink Hawaiian Coral

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Pink Marguerite Daisy

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Pink Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pinxterbloom Azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Verbena 'Superbena Royale Plum Wine'

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Anemone coronaria

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Portuguese Squill

Scilla peruviana

Full sunZones 8–1012 inModerate

Possumhaw Holly

Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Possumhaw Viburnum

Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

Prairie Junegrass

Koeleria macrantha

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

President Lincoln

Syringa vulgaris 'President Lincoln'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Rosa 'Ausmerchant'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Princess Charlene de Monaco Rose

Rosa 'Princess Charlene de Monaco'

Full sunZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Malus 'Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Purple Face Pansy

Viola wittrockiana 'Purple Face'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Freesia 'Purple Rain'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Purple Geranium

Pelargonium 'Purple'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eschscholzia californica 'Purple Gleam'

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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