Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 5 That Bloom in April

317 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 5 and typically flower in April, such as Daffodil, Tulip and Creeping Phlox. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

Showing 181 to 240 of 317 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 317 plants, 240 have been checked against outside sources (10 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.

Pieris japonica 'Katsura'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate

Viburnum carlesii

Full sunZones 4–75 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Large Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Muscari latifolium

Full sunZones 4–810 inLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Covey'

Part sunZones 4–98 ftModerate

Magnolia × loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Forsythia × intermedia 'Kolgold'

Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Podophyllum peltatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 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

Tulipa 'Negrita'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia 'Northern Gold'

Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Orange Emperor'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Betula papyrifera

Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Penny's Pink'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Persian Ironwood

Parrotia persica

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Fritillaria persica

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Quercus palustris

Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Narcissus 'Pink Charm'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Cloud Cherry

Prunus 'Pink Cloud'

Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Pink Impression

Tulipa 'Pink Impression'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus 'Pink Pearl'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone blanda 'Pink Star'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Muscari 'Pink Sunrise'

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Pink Wisteria (Rosea)

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea'

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pinxterbloom Azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Malus 'Prairifire'

Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Princess Diana Serviceberry

Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Princess Diana'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Princess Irene'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Malus 'Profusion'

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Purissima'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Malus 'Purple Prince'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Populus tremuloides

Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone blanda 'Radar'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Amelanchier canadensis 'Rainbow Pillar'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

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