May

Plants which flower in May in the UK. The list below may contain both hardy and tender plants. The exact flowering times are subject to local weather and climatic conditions and may vary from year to year.



Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum' Barrenwort

Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'

Spreading perennial, with masses of dainty white flowers in spring, over colourful foliage. Ideal for underplanting trees and shrubs. Remove the previous years leaves in March to improve the display. ...... more
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Epimedium x youngianum 'Roseum' Barrenwort

Epimedium x youngianum 'Roseum'

Spreading perennial, with masses of dainty pink flowers in spring, over green-brown foliage. Ideal for underplanting trees and shrubs. Remove the previous years leaves in March to improve the ...... more
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Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' Perennial Wallflower

Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'

Perennial wallflower with purple flowers for most of the year, only stopping in very cold months. For well drained, neutral-alkaline soil in full sun. Loved by bees and butterflies. 75 cms (2½ feet). ...... more
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Escallonia 'Jamie'

Dwarf, spreading evergreen shrub, forming a low mound with masses of small, tubular pink flowers in late spring-early summer. Good for dry/ exposed gardens. For well-drained soil in sun.
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Euphorbia amygaloides v. robbiae

Useful spreading evergreen groundcover in sun or shade. Lime green flowers in early summer. Good under trees as it can cope with competition from tree roots. Cut back to ground level in late summer ...... more
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Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby' Milkweed, Spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'

Vigorous, spreading perennial with grey-green leaves which are purple when young. Loose sprays of yellow-green flowers from May-July. For moist, well drained soil in sun/ part shade. Spreads ...... more
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Fragaria x ananassa 'Variegata'

Cultivar with dark green leaves with broad white margins. White flowers in early summer are followed by small edible fruit. Sun or part shade in moisture retentive soil. Makes good ground cover for ...... more
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Alder Buckthorn

Frangula alnus

(Rhamnus frangula.) Often found growing on damp ground with alders, hence the name. It is a handsome, thornless, deciduous, bushy shrub. Berries change colour from red to dark purple as they ripen. ...... more
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Crane's Bill

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'

Spreading, rhizomatous cultivar with soft pink flowers in early summer. Good ground cover in sun/ shade. For any soil except boggy. Drought tolerant. Semi-evergreen. 45 cms (1½ feet). AGM.
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Crane's Bill

Geranium renardii 'Tcschelda'

Very good for poor soils, this cultivar has velvety-soft, green leaves and large mauve-purple flowers with deep purple veining from June-July. For any soil except boggy. Prefers full sun. Drought. ...... more
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Geranium sanguineum 'Album' Bloody Crane's Bill

Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

Makes a taller plant than the ordinary species. White, saucer-shaped flowers appear from late spring to autumn on straggly stems which make a spreading patch for the front of a border or to trail ...... more
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Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce' Bloody Crane's Bill

Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce'

Compact, clump-forming perennial with masses of clear pink flowers over small, deeply cut, leaves from May-June. For any soil except boggy in sun/ part shade. Quite slow growing. Drought tolerant. 30 ...... more
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Geum 'Borisii' Avens

Geum 'Borisii'

Spreading perennial with single with Rose-like bright orange flowers, to 4cm (1.5in), across with yellow stamens from early-mid summer. Good for ground cover. Grow in fertile, well drained soil in ...... more
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Avens

Geum 'Mrs W. Moore'

Lovely clump forming perennial with nodding, semi-double cherry-pink flowers from early to mid summer. Grow in fertile, well drained soil in full sun/ part shade. Related to the Rose. 30 cms (1 foot).
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Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling' Whipcord Hebe

Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling'

A slow-growing spreading evergreen shrub with stems clothed with tiny closely packed leaves which are olive green in summer, but take on a golden hue in the winter. Mature plants bear small white ...... more
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