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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Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Forest Pansy
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Formosa
Rhododendron 'Formosa'
Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia
Forsythia
Full sunZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Fragrant Tea Olive
Osmanthus fragrans
Part shadeZones 7–1115 ftModerate

Freesia
Freesia
Full sunZones 9–101.5 ftModerate

Fringecup
Tellima grandiflora
Part shadeZones 4–72 ftModerate

Fringed Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia
Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Gambel Oak
Quercus gambelii
Full sunZones 4–923 ftLow

Genie Magnolia
Magnolia 'Genie'
Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

George Tabor
Rhododendron 'George Tabor'
Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Geranium
Narcissus 'Geranium'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gibraltar
Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'
Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gipsy Queen
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

Gold Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gold Tide
Forsythia × intermedia 'Gold Tide'
Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
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

Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Golden Fragrance
Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance'
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Golden Lotus
Helleborus × hybridus 'Golden Lotus'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Golden Raindrops
Malus 'Golden Raindrops'
Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Goodding's Verbena
Glandularia gooddingii
Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Grape Hyacinth
Muscari
Full sunZones 4–88 inModerate

Gravetye Giant
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Great White Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Green and Gold
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

Hearts of Gold
Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold'
Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Hellebore
Helleborus
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

Hino-Crimson
Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'
Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hollandia
Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'
Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Hop Bush
Dodonaea viscosa
Full sunZones 9–1111 ftLow

Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

Hyacinth
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

Ice Follies
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

Indian Magic
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

Ivory Prince
Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'
Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jack Snipe
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

James' Sedge
Carex jamesii
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate

Jan Bos
Hyacinthus 'Jan Bos'
Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jane Magnolia
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

Karen
Rhododendron 'Karen'
Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Katsura Pieris
Pieris japonica 'Katsura'
Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate

Koreanspice
Viburnum carlesii
Full sunZones 4–75 ftModerate
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