Bloom month

Plants that bloom in April

544 garden plants from the BloomsEye library that are typically in flower during April. Plan for reliable color in April and keep your borders from going quiet.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 544 plants, 460 have been checked against outside sources (22 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.

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Ballerina Serviceberry

Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Ballerina'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate

Aurinia saxatilis

Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

Part sunZones 8–1016 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle

Myrica cerifera 'JBG 1000'

Full sunZones 7–1011 ftModerate

Prunus maritima

Full sunZones 3–66 ftModerate

Beach Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis

Full sunZones 4–98 inLow

Beauty of Moscow

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Betsy Ross Lilac

Syringa 'Betsy Ross'

Full sunZones 5–89.5 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Betty'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Bicknell's Sedge

Carex bicknellii

Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Acer grandidentatum

Full sunZones 5–835 ftModerate

Black Hat Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'NCRX2'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Clear Crystals Black'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Tulipa 'Black Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blackfoot Daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

Full sunZones 4–1112 inLow

Viburnum prunifolium

Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sanguinaria canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Bloom-A-Thon Pink Double

Rhododendron 'RLH1-2P8'

Part sunZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bloomerang Purpink Reblooming Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPTP'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Bloomerang Purple

Syringa 'Bloomerang Purple'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Bloomerang Showmound Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPWF'

Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Freesia 'Blue Heaven'

Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Hyacinthus 'Blue Jacket'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Moon Wisteria

Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon'

Full sunZones 3–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Moon Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Blue Palo Verde

Parkinsonia florida

Full sunZones 8–1030 ftLow

Viola wittrockiana 'Blue'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Blue Prince Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Blue Prince'

Full sunZones 4–710 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Princess Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Blue Princess'

Full sunZones 5–713 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Blue Shadow Fothergilla

Fothergilla × intermedia 'Blue Shadow'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly

Ilex vomitoria 'Condeaux'

Full sunZones 7–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brandywine Viburnum

Viburnum nudum 'Bulk'

Full sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate

Spiraea × vanhouttei

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Bristleleaf Sedge

Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate

Encelia farinosa

Full sunZones 7–93 ftLow

Broadleaf Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium

Full sunZones 5–94 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bronze Beauty Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Conthery'

Part shadeZones 7–109 ftModerate

Brouwers Beauty Pieris

Pieris 'Brouwer's Beauty'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brunner 'Jack Frost'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunner 'Silver Heart'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Quercus macrocarpa

Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Burkwood Osmanthus

Osmanthus × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 6–88 ftModerate

Carpenteria californica

Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow

Butterflies Magnolia

Magnolia 'Butterflies'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

California Meadow Sedge

Full sunZones 8–108 inModerate

California Poppy (Cream/White)

Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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