Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 9 That Bloom in April

281 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 9 and typically flower in April, such as Creeping Phlox, Ranunculus and Bluestar. 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 281 plants, 246 have been checked against outside sources (16 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.

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

Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower'

Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Illicium floridanum

Part shadeZones 8–108 ftModerate

Florida Flame Azalea

Rhododendron austrinum

Part shadeZones 6–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Formosa'

Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Part shadeZones 7–1115 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–101.5 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

Rhododendron 'George Tabor'

Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Geranium'

Full sunZones 5–91.5 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

Helleborus × hybridus 'Golden Lotus'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Goodding's Verbena

Glandularia gooddingii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 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

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

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Dodonaea viscosa

Full sunZones 9–1111 ftLow

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Full sunZones 8–105 ftModerate

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

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Part shadeZones 7–98 ftModerate

Kramer's Supreme

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Lady Banks' Rose

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

Large-Flowered Bellwort

Uvularia grandiflora

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 8–109 ftModerate

Lavender African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Soprano Lavender'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Covey'

Part sunZones 4–98 ftModerate

Leavenworth's Sedge

Carex leavenworthii

Part shadeZones 6–98 inModerate

Lemon African Daisy

Osteospermum 'Lemon Symphony'

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Citrus aurantifolia

Full sunZones 9–1113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Quercus virginiana

Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate

Lord Lieutenant

Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Magenta Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 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

Hippeastrum 'Minerva'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 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

Full sunZones 9–1112 inModerate

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Oklahoma Redbud

Cercis canadensis var. texensis 'Oklahoma'

Full sunZones 6–916 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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