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.

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Full sunZones 5–830 ftModerate

Forsythia × intermedia 'Fiesta'

Full sunZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower'

Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Crabapple

Full sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Formosa'

Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Part shadeZones 7–1115 ftModerate

Magnolia 'Genie'

Full sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'George Tabor'

Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Geranium'

Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Forsythia × intermedia 'Gold Tide'

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

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

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

Goodding's Verbena

Glandularia gooddingii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

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

Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

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

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anemone coronaria 'Hollandia'

Full sunZones 7–1012 inModerate

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

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

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

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

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

Hyacinthus 'Jan Bos'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pieris japonica 'Katsura'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Kramer's Supreme

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lady Banks' Rose

Full sunZones 6–920 ftModerate

Large Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Muscari latifolium

Full sunZones 4–810 inLow

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