Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 4 That Bloom in April

233 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 4 and typically flower in April, such as Daffodil, Tulip and Creeping Phlox. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 61 to 120 of 233 plants

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 233 plants, 170 have been checked against outside sources (4 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.

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

City of Haarlem

Hyacinthus 'City of Haarlem'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Cole's Select'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Coloratus Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate

Common Pussy Willow

Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate

Couleur Cardinal

Tulipa 'Couleur Cardinal'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Creeping Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Cutting Edge Foamflower

Tiarella 'Cutting Edge'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Decadence Lemon Meringue False Indigo

Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Hyacinthus 'Delft Blue'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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 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

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–86 inLow

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

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

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

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Crabapple

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Hyacinthus 'Gipsy Queen'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Golden Raindrops

Malus 'Golden Raindrops'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

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

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus orientalis

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Ice Follies'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

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