Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in April

467 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 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 467 plants, 405 have been checked against outside sources (21 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.

Great White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Chrysogonum virginianum

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Green Hellebore

Helleborus × hybridus 'Green'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Gulf Coast Penstemon

Penstemon tenuis

Full sunZones 7–92 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Henry Duelberg Mealy Blue Sage

Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg'

Full sunZones 7–103 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

Hyacinthus orientalis

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Narcissus 'Ice Follies'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Full sunZones 8–105 ftModerate

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Island Alumroot

Heuchera maxima

Part shadeZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Jack Snipe'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus 'Jan Bos'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Magnolia 'Jane'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Part shadeZones 7–98 ftModerate

Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica

Part shadeZones 5–89.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pieris japonica 'Katsura'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Kramer's Supreme

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lady Banks' Rose

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

Large Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Large-Flowered Bellwort

Uvularia grandiflora

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Muscari latifolium

Full sunZones 4–810 inLow

Full sunZones 8–109 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Covey'

Part sunZones 4–98 ftModerate

Leavenworth's Sedge

Carex leavenworthii

Part shadeZones 6–98 inModerate

Magnolia × loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Quercus virginiana

Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate

Lord Lieutenant

Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Magenta Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia × intermedia 'Kolgold'

Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Skimmia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–83.5 ftModerate

Podophyllum peltatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia farinacea

Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Mexican Buckeye

Ungnadia speciosa

Full sunZones 7–918 ftLow

Prunus mexicana

Full sunZones 6–825 ftLow

Hippeastrum 'Minerva'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus 'Miss Saigon'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Monte Carlo'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mount Airy Fothergilla

Fothergilla × intermedia 'Mount Airy'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Mount Fuji Cherry

Prunus serrulata 'Shirotae'

Full sunZones 5–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Mount Hood'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Fire Pieris

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone coronaria 'Mr. Fokker'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Anemone coronaria 'Mt. Everest'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Narrowleaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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