Plants that bloom in May in Zone 8 with orange flowers

At Last Rose

Combines old-rose fragrance with modern disease resistance, finally. Apricot-pink cupped blooms that look like an English rose but bloom like a Knock Out.

Azalea

Explosive spring color in every warm hue. Acid-loving woodland classic.

Ballerina Tulip

Lily-flowered tulip with pointed petals in vivid tangerine. Sweetly orange-scented and one of the longest-blooming tulips you can plant.

Calendula

Bright daisy-like blooms in pumpkin orange and gold. Edible petals brighten salads and the plant keeps blooming through cool weather.

California Poppy

Golden cups that carpet hillsides across the state. Closes at night and on cloudy days.

Cinco de Mayo Rose

Smoky lavender-rust blooms with copper undertones unlike any other rose. Modern fragrance, modern disease resistance, and a color you will not find anywhere else.

Coral Charm Peony

Semi-double blooms open vivid coral-peach, age through apricot, and fade to soft butter cream. A color shift unlike any other peony.

Coral Honeysuckle

Non-invasive native honeysuckle with brilliant coral-red tubular flowers that hummingbirds hover at for months.

Coral Sunset Peony

Deeper, longer-lasting coral than Coral Charm with semi-double form. The flowers hold their warm tones for nearly two weeks.

Crossvine

Tubular orange-red trumpets line this vigorous semi-evergreen vine in spring, attracting every hummingbird in the neighborhood.

Daffodil

Cheerful trumpets that naturalize beautifully and return stronger each year.

Drift Rose

Groundcover rose that stays low and spreads wide. Tough, disease-resistant, and constantly in bloom.

Eremurus

Towering candle-like spikes covered in tiny star flowers rise above a basal rosette. Foxtail lily, six feet of pure architecture.

Flame Azalea

Outrageous blooms in hot orange, red, and yellow on a deciduous native azalea that stops people in their tracks.

Honeysuckle

Tubular, nectar-rich flowers with a fragrance that defines summer evenings.

Impatiens

The shade annual champion. Flowers prolifically where nothing else will.

Indian Paintbrush

Bright red to orange bracts surround small flowers and glow across spring prairies.

Ixia

Wiry stems hold star-shaped flowers in jewel colors. Corn lily, a long-lasting cut flower that closes at night and opens with the sun.

La Belle Epoque Tulip

Vintage cafe-au-lait coloring with peach, cream, and dusty pink swirled together. The most photographed tulip of the last decade.

Lady of Shalott Rose

Coppery orange buds open to salmon-pink cups with golden undersides. Tough, disease-resistant, and one of the most generous repeat bloomers David Austin ever bred.

Lantana

Multi-colored flower clusters that bloom relentlessly in brutal heat.

Lewisia

Succulent rosettes with brilliant striped flowers in hot sunset colors. Must have perfect drainage or it rots.

Persian Buttercup

Ruffled, rose-like blooms in vivid colors brighten cool spring beds and pots.

Pink Hawaiian Coral Peony

Vivid coral-pink semi-double blooms that fade to peach-cream. Early bloomer with a sweet fragrance and one of the most photographed peonies on Instagram.

Pomegranate

Brilliant orange-red blossoms in late spring and summer are followed by decorative, edible fruits.

Portulaca

Succulent-leaved sun lover with silky rose-like blooms that thrives where pavement, rock, or sand defeats everything else.

Princess Irene Tulip

Glowing orange petals brushed with smoky purple flames. Mildly fragrant and one of the most unusual color combinations in any tulip.

Queen of Sheba Tulip

Lily-flowered tulip with pointed petals in glowing red edged with gold. Lights up the late spring border like a flame.

Roald Dahl Rose

Peach-apricot cups in soft warm tones with a tea rose fragrance. Tireless rebloomer with excellent disease resistance.

Rose

The queen of the garden. Modern varieties are surprisingly low-maintenance.

Snapdragon

Vertical flower spikes with squeeze-open blooms. Kids love them.

Tulip

The classic spring icon in almost every color imaginable.

Wallflower

Velvety blooms in burnished sunset tones with a sweet violet fragrance. The forgotten cottage staple worth bringing back.