What’s Blooming in April?
The chart represents the approximate bloom times in Minnesota. Factors such as temperature and precipitation play a large role in how a plant fares year after year. Northern MN should also start a bit later and/or end a bit earlier than Southern MN.
Note that phenology has been a little unpredictable in recent years. In 2012 spring came exceptionally early (the chart below reflects that) so some plants that don't typically start blooming until May were blooming in April, or those that don't typically start blooming until the end of the month were already be blooming at the beginning of the month, some even blooming in March. In years with a longer than usual winter the opposite will likely be true. Play it by ear.
Only native plants are listed here. If you are looking for something specific, try the “find in page” feature of your browser (usually CTRL+F).
Reference: f = flowering. See also non-native bloom times.
| Plant Name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adoxa moschatellina Moschatel | f | f | f | f |
| Androsace occidentalis Western Rock Jasmine | f | f | f | f |
| Anemone acutiloba Sharp-lobed Hepatica | f | f | f | f |
| Anemone americana Round-lobed Hepatica | f | f | f | f |
| Anemone caroliniana Carolina anemone | f | f | ||
| Anemone patens American Pasqueflower | f | f | f | f |
| Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone | f | |||
| Antennaria howellii Howell's Pussytoes | f | f | f | f |
| Antennaria microphylla Tiny-leaved Pussytoes | f | |||
| Antennaria neglecta Field Pussytoes | f | f | ||
| Antennaria parlinii Parlin's Pussytoes | f | f | f | f |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-leaved Pussytoes | f | f | ||
| Arabidopsis lyrata Lyre-leaved Rock Cress | f | f | f | f |
| Arceuthobium pusillum Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe | f | f | f | f |
| Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit | f | f | ||
| Asarum canadense Canadian Wild Ginger | f | f | f | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus Ground Plum | f | |||
| Besseya bullii Kittentails | f | |||
| Boechera dentata Toothed Rock Cress | f | f | ||
| Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold | f | f | f | f |
| Cardamine bulbosa Spring Cress | f | f | ||
| Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort | f | f | ||
| Cardamine parviflora Small-flowered Bittercress | f | f | f | |
| Cardamine pensylvanica Pennsylvania Bittercress | f | f | ||
| Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh | f | |||
| Chamaedaphne calyculata Leather-leaf | f | f | ||
| Chrysosplenium americanum American Golden Saxifrage | f | f | f | |
| Claytonia caroliniana Carolina Spring Beauty | f | f | ||
| Claytonia virginica Virginia Spring Beauty | f | f | ||
| Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn | f | f | f | f |
| Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches | f | f | f | f |
| Dodecatheon amethystinum Jeweled Shooting Star | f | f | f | f |
| Dodecatheon meadia Prairie Shooting Star | f | f | ||
| Draba nemorosa Yellow Whitlow-grass | f | f | ||
| Draba reptans Carolina Whitlow-grass | f | f | f | f |
| Enemion biternatum False Rue Anemone | f | |||
| Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus | f | f | f | f |
| Erigeron pulchellus Robin's Plantain | f | f | ||
| Erythronium albidum White Trout Lily | f | f | f | |
| Erythronium americanum Yellow Trout Lily | f | f | f | |
| Erythronium propullans Dwarf Trout Lily | f | |||
| Fragaria vesca Woodland Strawberry | f | |||
| Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry | f | |||
| Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke | f | f | ||
| Jeffersonia diphylla Twinleaf | f | |||
| Lithospermum incisum Narrow-leaf Puccoon | f | f | ||
| Lomatium orientale Northern Idaho Biscuitroot | f | f | f | f |
| Lysimachia minima Chaffweed | f | f | f | f |
| Menyanthes trifoliata Buckbean | f | f | ||
| Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells | f | |||
| Mitella diphylla Two-leaf Miterwort | f | |||
| Mitella nuda Naked Miterwort | f | f | f | f |
| Myosotis verna Spring Forget-me-not | f | f | f | f |
| Nothocalais cuspidata Prairie False Dandelion | f | |||
| Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel | f | f | f | f |
| Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox | f | |||
| Plantago elongata Slender Plantain | f | f | ||
| Ranunculus abortivus Little-leaf Buttercup | f | f | ||
| Ranunculus fascicularis Early Buttercup | f | f | f | f |
| Ranunculus flabellaris Yellow Water Buttercup | f | f | ||
| Ranunculus hispidus Hispid Buttercup | f | f | f | f |
| Ranunculus rhomboideus Prairie Buttercup | f | f | f | f |
| Rorippa sinuata Spreading Yellow-cress | f | f | f | f |
| Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot | f | f | f | f |
| Senecio integerrimus Lambstongue Ragwort | f | |||
| Symplocarpus foetidus Skunk Cabbage | f | f | f | f |
| Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue | f | f | ||
| Thalictrum thalictroides Rue Anemone | f | f | ||
| Trillium nivale Snow Trillium | f | f | f | f |
| Uvularia grandiflora Large-flowered Bellwort | f | f | f | |
| Uvularia sessilifolia Sessile-leaf Bellwort | f | |||
| Viola adunca Sand Violet | f | f | ||
| Viola cucullata Marsh Blue Violet | f | f | f | |
| Viola eriocarpa Smooth Yellow Violet | f | |||
| Viola grisea Great Lakes Violet | f | f | ||
| Viola incognita Sweet White Violet | f | f | f | f |
| Viola macloskeyi var. pallens Small White Violet | f | f | f | |
| Viola nuttallii Yellow Prairie Violet | f | |||
| Viola pedata Birdfoot Violet | f | f | f | f |
| Viola pedatifida Prairie Violet | f | f | f | f |
| Viola primulifolia Primrose-leaved Violet | f | f | f | f |
| Viola pubescens Downy Yellow Violet | f | f | f | |
| Viola renifolia Kidney-leaved Violet | f | f | ||
| Viola rugulosa Western Canada White Violet | f | f | f | |
| Viola sagittata Arrow-leaved Violet | f | f | ||
| Viola sororia Common Blue Violet | f | f | f | |
| Waldsteinia fragarioides Barren Strawberry | f | f | f | f |