Bloom calendar

Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in April

402 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 and typically flower in April, such as Daffodil, Tulip and Creeping Phlox. 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 402 plants, 318 have been checked against outside sources (21 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.

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

Bloom-A-Thon Pink Double

Rhododendron 'RLH1-2P8'

Part sunZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

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

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 Poppy (Cream/White)

Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)

Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'

Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Candy Cloud Pink Phlox

Phlox 'Balcloudink'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Iberis sempervirens

Full sunZones 3–810 inLow

Carlton Daffodil

Narcissus 'Carlton'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hyacinthus 'Carnegie'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens

Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate

Cascade Oregon Grape

Berberis nervosa

Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate

Cat's Pajamas Catmint

Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas'

Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Catalina Perfume

Ribes viburnifolium

Part shadeZones 8–103.5 ftLow

Cavatine Dwarf Andromeda

Pieris japonica 'Cavatine'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Salvia roemeriana

Part shadeZones 7–101.5 ftLow

Celandine Poppy

Chelidonium diphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Anemone blanda 'Charmer'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Fritillaria meleagris

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Checkered Lily Alba

Fritillaria meleagris 'Alba'

Part sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherokee Princess

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Carex cherokeensis

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Chinese Fringe Flower

Loropetalum chinense

Part sunZones 7–98 ftModerate

Chinese Pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Full sunZones 6–932 ftModerate

Hippeastrum 'Christmas Gift'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 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

Salvia clevelandii

Full sunZones 8–94 ftLow

Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

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