Bloom day april — a quick note to anchor this piece for readers.
Bloom day april: Quick notes
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for April 2026.
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, it is most definitely spring.
And once again, I’m showing a picture of violets to get the ball rolling because violets are out in force right now.
For the rest of the garden, my general observation is that we are ahead of schedule for spring, and today’s summerlike temperatures prove that point.
But I shall not be in a hurry to rush out any frost-tender plants because I’ve been burnt before doing that.
Instead, I’ll continue to admire what April is offering, which includes:
Spring Beauties, Claytonia virginica
These have been blooming for awhile and I’m letting them go to encourage self-sowing.
Viola soraria ‘Freckles”
It’s also self-sowing, which is a wondrous thing.
Mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum
It’s also blooming though I didn’t get a good picture of the actual flowrs under those umbrella-like fairy-hiding leaves. It’s in the same plant family, Berberidaceae, as Epimedium, which is also blooming but I didn’t get a picture of any of them.
Flowrering dogwood, Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Princess’
The cold snaps of a few weeks ago pretty much wiped out the flowering crabapple and what was left of the magnolias, but the flowering dogwoods are doing well, as are redbuds.
Various tulips
There are various tulips blooming throughout the garden, which give me pops of color in beds like Plopper’s Field before other perennials get going.
Finally, one last picture to show how early some of the flowers are…
Aquilegia vulgaris
I wasn’t expecting these for another few weeks, but there they are, proof of an early spring.
There are other flowers in bloom, but that’s probably enough for this post. Now it’s time to take a look back at past April Bloom Days to see how this year compares to those past years!
April 2007 – I think we had a slower spring.
April 2008 – Definitely a slower spring than this year.
April 2009 – We were not as far along as this year.
April 2010 – I featured some flowers I no longer have!
April 2011 – I noted, “April is like a reunion with flowers.” I like that!
April 2012 – This might be like this year, but where are those yellow tulips now?
April 2013 – Spring was not as far along as this year.
April 2014 – Also a slower spring!
April 2015 – This was a slower spring than this year!
April 2016 – Fairly typical, I’d say!
April 2017 – I featured a lot of flowers, as one should in April!
April 2018 – Another slower spring compared to this year.
April 2019 – The garden was definitely not as far along as this year.
April 2020 – I even noted it was a slow spring (and one we wouldn’t forget for a long time!)
April 2021 – Quite a lovely spring, with lots of violets featured.
April 2022 – Spring was slower arriving and I actually had to be reminded to post!
April 2023 – Fairly typical for mid-April.
April 2024 – Much the same, with lots of violets featured!
April 2025 – The ‘Lady Jane’ tulips were still going strong so this was a little slower spring than this year.
And that’s what I’ve got to show you on this Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day.
What’s blooming in your garden in mid-April? Join us in this long-running meme and show us! It’s easy to participate. Just post on your blog, Substack, Instagram, or wherever you show off you garden, about the blooms in your garden on or arount the 15th of the off the month, then leave a comment to let us know what flowers you have and where we can find your online offering.
Always remember, “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
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🌿 PS · This feels very homey and real — love it. Thanks for this!