Bloom month

Plants that flower in May

This list is plants tagged as flowering in May. A bloom month is a catalog window, not season-of-interest and not a climate calendar for every USDA zone.

Open a profile for climate and site. Spring bulbs and summer perennials can share a month tag for different reasons.

What this list is

1. Flowering in May is a tagged window, not a guarantee in every garden.
2. Season-of-interest lists cover foliage and structure, not only bloom.
3. Scan the grid, then open a profile for sun, zone, and water.

Plants for Plants that flower in May (1955)

• Welsh Poppy Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rugosa Rose Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Rose 'Hansa' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Dog Rose Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• California Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Climbing Prairie Rose Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Multiflora Rose Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Red Alder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Nootka Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Pipevine Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Blackspot Hornpoppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rose 'Canary Bird' Full Sun5–12 ft (150–370 cm)
• Vanilla Partial Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Bigflower Tellima Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• African Blood Lily Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Damask Rose Full Sun4–7 ft (120–210 cm)
• Provence Rose Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Scotch Rose Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Evergreen Rose Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Baja Rose Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Dwarf Rose Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Old Red Damask Rose Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Carolina Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Starrush Whitetop Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• White Water Crowfoot Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Peach Full Sun12–25 ft (370–760 cm)
• Chinese Podocarpus Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Common Spatterdock Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Bluebells Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Fernleaf Catalina Ironwood Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Prairie Junegrass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Sandmyrtle Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Beetleweed Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Florence Fennel Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Arugula Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Water Horsetail Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Pride of Tenerife Full Sun15–18 ft (460–550 cm)
• Firecracker Flower Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Umbrella Plant Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Titi Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Fort Miller Clarkia Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Mountain Mahogany Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Saguaro Full Sun1–60 ft (30–1830 cm)
• Crimson Bottlebrush Full Sun3–25 ft (90–760 cm)
• Horseradish Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Water Hawthorn Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Deerweed Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• China Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Purple Pavement Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Rose 'Blanc Double de Coubert' Full Sun4–7 ft (120–210 cm)
• Rose 'Alba' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• The last rose of summer Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Green Rose Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Rose 'Cramoisi Supérieur' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Rose 'Charles de Mills' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Candytuft Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Honeywort 'Purpurascens' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Red Valerian Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Crimson Bottlebrush 'Splendens' Full Sun3–25 ft (90–760 cm)
• Basket-of-gold Full Sun12 in (30 cm)