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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Carex cherokeensis

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Cherries Jubilee

Baptisia 'Cherries Jubilee'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Chick Charms Cosmic Candy Hens & Chicks

Sempervivum 'Urmina'

Full sunZones 4–84 inLow

China Girl Holly

Full sunZones 5–89 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chinese Snowball Viburnum

Viburnum macrocephalum 'Sterile'

Full sunZones 6–910 ftModerate

Chinese Wild Ginger

Asarum splendens

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chionoides Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Chionoides'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Allium schoenoprasum

Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chocolate Flower

Berlandiera lyrata

Full sunZones 4–101.5 ftLow

Prunus virginiana

Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chrysalis White Butterfly Bush

Buddleia 'Balchryite'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Chubby Hubby Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Mad-ic-i'

Full sunZones 6–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausprior'

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia clevelandii

Full sunZones 8–94 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Coast Leucothoe

Leucothoe axillaris

Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coconut Surprise

Dianthus 'Coconut Surprise'

Full sunZones 5–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Color Spires Back to the Fuchsia Salvia

Salvia 'Back to the Fuchsia'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Color Spires Crystal Blue Salvia

Salvia × sylvestris 'Crystal Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Color Spires Pink Dawn Salvia

Salvia 'Pink Dawn'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Common Blanketflower

Gaillardia aristata

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Symphytum officinale

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate

Asimina triloba

Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate

Common Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Cora Louise Itoh Peony

Paeonia 'Cora Louise'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coral Beauty Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster × suecicus 'Coral Beauty'

Part sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coral Flower Carpet Rose

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Pelargonium 'Coral'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Coral Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate

Coral Knock Out Rose

Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Petunia 'Coral'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Coral Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Coral'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Coral Star Honeysuckle

Lonicera 'Celestial'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Verbena × hybrida

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crater Lake Blue

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Tagetes erecta 'Vanilla'

Full sun1.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cream Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Creeping Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Creeping Woodland Phlox

Phlox stolonifera

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Bignonia capreolata

Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate

Fritillaria imperialis

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Crown Imperial Lutea

Fritillaria imperialis 'Lutea'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Crown Imperial Rubra

Fritillaria imperialis 'Rubra'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Crown Jewel'

Part sunZones 6–102.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crown Princess Margareta

Rosa 'Auswinter'

Full sunZones 5–1010 ftModerate

Lobelia erinus 'Crystal Palace'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cucumbertree Magnolia

Magnolia acuminata

Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate

Cunningham's White

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Part shadeZones 4–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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