Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in April

351 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in April, such as Daffodil, Tulip and Creeping Phlox. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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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 351 plants, 296 have been checked against outside sources (10 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.

Hyacinthus 'Delft Blue'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Desert Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftLow

Dorothy Wycoff Pieris

Pieris japonica 'Dorothy Wyckoff'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Double Take Eternal White Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Smncsdw'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Double Take Orange Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Orange Storm'

Full sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate

Double Take Peach Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nccs4'

Full sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate

Double Take Scarlet Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm'

Full sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate

Downy Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Narcissus 'Dutch Master'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Crested Iris

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Dwarf Pink Flowering Almond

Prunus glandulosa 'Sinensis'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Earlybird Purple Blue Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258487'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Purple White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Eastern Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis

Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate

Electric Lights Double Pink Azalea

Rhododendron 'Umnaz 493'

Part shadeZones 4–76 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Electric Lights Red Azalea

Rhododendron 'Umnaz633'

Part sunZones 4–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Elizabeth Magnolia

Magnolia 'Elizabeth'

Full sunZones 5–833 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–86 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Engelmann Daisy

Engelmannia peristenia

Full sunZones 5–102 ftModerate

Fagus sylvatica

Full sunZones 4–755 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Feather Falls Sedge

Carex 'Et Crx01'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Feathered Friends Fancy Finch Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–94 inModerate

Feathered Friends Noble Nightingale Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–94 inModerate

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–830 ftModerate

Forsythia × intermedia 'Fiesta'

Full sunZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower'

Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Crabapple

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Tellima grandiflora

Part shadeZones 4–72 ftModerate

Fringed Bleeding Heart

Dicentra eximia

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Quercus gambelii

Full sunZones 4–923 ftLow

Magnolia 'Genie'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Narcissus 'Geranium'

Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus 'Gipsy Queen'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia × intermedia 'Gold Tide'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

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

Golden Fragrance

Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance'

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Helleborus × hybridus 'Golden Lotus'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

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