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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Burgundy Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Burgundy'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burning Love Japanese Leucothoe

Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal 50'

Part shadeZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Carpenteria californica

Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Butterfly Marguerite Daisy

Argyranthemum 'Butterfly'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

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 Coffeeberry

Frangula californica

Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 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

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot Lavender

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot White'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

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

Canby's Mountain Lover

Paxistima canbyi

Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate

Candy Cloud Pink Phlox

Phlox 'Balcloudink'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Candybox Chilean Guava

Ugni molinae 'PI16'

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

Iberis sempervirens

Full sunZones 3–810 inLow

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Capistrano'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Carol Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Carol'

Part shadeZones 5–88 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus

Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Lupine

Thermopsis villosa

Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Carolina Moonlight

Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Carousel Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Carousel'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cascade Oregon Grape

Berberis nervosa

Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate

Castle Rouge Blue Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Hach 1'

Full sunZones 5–76.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Castle Spire Blue Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Hachfee'

Full sunZones 5–78 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Castle Wall Blue Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Heckenstar'

Full sunZones 5–77 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cat's Eye Dwarf Bearded Iris

Iris 'Cat's Eye'

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cat's Pajamas Catmint

Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Cécile Brünner

Rosa 'Cécile Brünner'

Full sunZones 5–103 ftModerate

Celandine Poppy

Chelidonium diphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Leucophyllum frutescens

Full sunZones 8–108 ftLow

Lupinus 'Chandelier'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard

Aruncus 'Chantilly Lace'

Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Chardonnay Pearls Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Fritillaria meleagris

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Checkered Lily Alba

Fritillaria meleagris 'Alba'

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherokee Princess

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

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