Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 3 That Bloom in April

136 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 3 and typically flower in April, such as Daffodil, Tulip and Creeping Phlox. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 61 to 120 of 136 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months and USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 136 plants, 117 have been checked against outside sources (2 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.

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Eye Candy Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata 'Eye Candy'

Full sunZones 3–94 inModerate

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Fringed Bleeding Heart

Dicentra eximia

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Alexanders

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Golden Apeldoorn

Tulipa 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Narcissus 'Ice Follies'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Jack Snipe'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Podophyllum peltatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Monte Carlo'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Mount Hood'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia 'Northern Gold'

Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Orange Emperor'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Betula papyrifera

Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate

Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Pink Charm'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Princess Irene'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Princeton American Elm

Ulmus americana 'Princeton'

Full sunZones 3–963 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Purissima'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Populus tremuloides

Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Regent Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'

Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Round-Lobed Hepatica

Hepatica americana

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Roundleaf Ragwort

Packera obovata

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Narcissus 'Salome'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scarlet Globemallow

Sphaeralcea coccinea

Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Siberian Squill

Scilla siberica

Full sunZones 2–86 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 2–641 ftModerate

Sir Winston Churchill

Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Smooth Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty'

Full sunZones 2–87 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Spring Green'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Comptonia peregrina

Part sunZones 2–63.5 ftModerate

Narcissus 'Tahiti'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Thalia'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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