Bloom Times: April

Dimpled Trout Lily

Single, yellow, lily-shaped flowers with purple spotting. The leaves have purple, brown and green splotches.

Dogwood

The true flower is the small green center. It is surrounded by 4 white, petal-like, 2 inch long bracts that are notched at the ends. These white bracts are commonly mistaken for the actual flowers.

Downy Phlox

Pink to pale purple clusters of flowers with 5 petals. The flowers, leaves and stems all have hairs.

Eastern Redbud

Clusters of pink to red or purple pea-shaped flowers blooming before the leaves. Flowers grow right on the stems of new and old branches.

European Field Pansy

The flower has 5 white to pale yellow petals (sometimes light purple). The lower petal is the largest and has a darker yellow patch.

False Flowering Spurge

Loose clusters of white, 5 petaled flowers. A green, drooping fruit hangs from the center.

Field Pansy

Solitary flowers with pale to medium blue-violet petals with dark purple lines. Petals are unequal. The lowest petal is the largest and has a yellow patch close to the center of the flower. The two side petals have white hairs near the throat.

Fringe Tree

Fragrant flower clusters with creamy white fringe-like petals. The male flowers have longer petals than the female flowers.