55+ Early Spring Flowers and Other Spring Blooming Flowers For Your Garden

Do you enjoy a garden that blooms in spring? Check out the list of early spring flowers and pictures below for inspiration. Use it to identify flowers you’ve seen and liked, or to discover new types of spring flowers to plant in your garden this year.

Of the 55+ spring flower types in this list, some are uncommon, while others are more popular spring bloomers that many gardeners already love.

Each flower has a photo and basic care notes, so you can see quickly if it would be a good fit for your garden. 

You can also download a free spring flower list printable from the project card at the bottom of the page to take with you when you go plant shopping. The list focuses on the best early spring flowers, from the first blooms of late winter to those that appear later in spring, for a colorful display all season long.

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Flowers that bloom in spring

Spring brings a burst of color to gardens everywhere. I have divided this list into the first flowers of spring, bulbs, perennials, annuals, and wildflowers, so you can plan your garden from the earliest blooms to those that bloom later in spring.

Earliest blooming spring flowers

Some flowers begin blooming while winter is still ending. These early bloomers often appear as soon as the soil starts to warm and daylight increases.

Many of them are hardy bulbs or perennials that emerge quickly after the snow melts. Some of the earliest spring flowers include:

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

The white flowers of bloodroot are ncytinastic, meaning they close at night and open in the morning. These early spring flower types are commonly found in woodlands throughout the Eastern United States.

• Plant type: Perennial wildflower
• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Early spring
• Flower color: White with yellow centers
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Get rhizomes to grow early-spring blooming bloodroot here.

Crocus (Crocus vernus)

Crocuses are generally thought of and sold as bulbs, but technically, they grow from underground corms.  There is also a fall-blooming crocus (Crocus sativus).

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Purple, lavender, white, yellow, and orange
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Purchase a mix of spring-blooming crocus bulbs here.

Dwarf iris (Iris reticulata)

Dwarf irises are one of the very first flowers to bloom in late winter or early spring. Compared to other iris varieties that bloom much later, this iris often blooms when there is still snow on the ground!

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to light shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Deep blue, purple, violet, yellow, or white
• Hardiness zones: Best in USDA 5-8

Shop for the early spring-bloomer dwarf reticulated iris here.

Early daffodils (Specifically ‘Tete-a-Tete’ and ‘February Gold’)

These cheerful daffodils are one of the most popular dwarf daffodils sold. The yellow flowers are tough, and the plant can also be grown in pots.

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – very early spring
• Flower color: Yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Get tete-a-tete-daffodil bulbs for your spring garden.

Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa)

These early spring flowers are often spread by ants, which are attracted to the seeds and help distribute them. This can cause the flowers to pop up in unexpected places in your garden.

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Sky blue, lavender, and deep blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop for one of the earliest spring flowers, known as glory of the snow, for your spring garden.

Lenten rose (Hellebores)

Hellebores are long-lived perennials that bloom in late winter and early spring, often when snow is still on the ground. These flowers that bloom in spring are deer and rabbit-resistant.

• Plant type: Perennial
• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Mauve to purple, green, pale pink, and pure white
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-9

Purchase a helleborus early spring perennial plant, here.

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

This wetland plant can generate its own heat, allowing it to bloom in late winter and melt the snow! It has a strong, pungent odor that attracts flies for pollination.

• Plant type: Native perennial
• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Deep maroon, yellow-brown, or purple-green
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-7

Get roots to grow this wetland native plant that blooms in very early spring, here.

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalus)

 Fun fact: there is a group called Galanthophiles who are passionate about snowdrops and will pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds for rare, specialized bulbs. Unfortunately for them, the UK  Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 prohibits them from uprooting wild plants such as snowdrops.

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: White
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Purchase snowdrop early spring blooming perennial bulbs here.

Spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum)

Spring snowflakes are symbolic of hope because they are seen as a sign that winter will soon be over and brighter days are ahead.

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: White with green tips on petals
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop spring snowflake, an early spring perennial here.

Striped squill (Puschkinia scilloides)

The flowers of striped squill appear white from a distance, but actually have a silver-blue hue with blue stripes.

• Plant type: Bulb/perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Pale blue to silver-blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop these early spring-blooming bulbs here.

Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Winter aconites are normally sold as bulbs, but are actually grown from bulb-like underground tubers. They are often the very first spring-flowering plant to appear.

• Plant type: Tuberous perennial
• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: Bright yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-7

Get winter aconite, early spring plants for your garden here.

Spring flowering bulbs

Bulbs that bloom in spring provide colorful blooms after the earliest blooming flowers of late winter. They help extend your display of spring flower types in the garden. Here are some spring-blooming bulbs to grow in your garden.

Allium (Allium spp.)

Alliums are part of the Amaryllidaceae family, which includes onions and garlic. Their spherical blooms appear later in spring and are very popular in cottage gardens. They are also very pollinator-friendly.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Late spring
• Flower color: Purple, white, blue, yellow, and pink
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Get the spring bulb allium here.

Broadleaf hyacinth (Muscari latifolium)

These bulbs that bloom in spring feature conical spikes at the base that resemble a bunch of grapes, with hat-shaped sterile flowers on top.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Mid – late spring
• Flower color: Purple-blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-8

Buy Musicari latifolium bulbs to enjoy spring flowers in your garden here.

Camassia (Camassia spp.)

This spring bulb is native to North American wetlands. It thrives in sunny spots and is excellent for naturalizing and mass plantings. It is resistant to deer.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late spring
• Flower color: Blue, violet, white, and cream
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Buy a mixture of camassia spring-blooming bulbs on Etsy.

Daffodils (Narcissus)

Daffodils are native to Europe and North America and are the national flower of Wales. The bulbs are toxic to pets if ingested and come in thousands of varieties.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Early spring to mid spring
• Flower color: Yellow, white, and orange
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Buy a mixture of the early spring-flowering bulb daffodil for planting here.

Fritillaria (Fritillaria spp.)

The flowers of fritillaria feature unique downward-facing blooms, often with a checkerboard pattern.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to part shade
• Bloom time: Mid – late spring
• Flower color: Purple, red, yellow, orange, ivory, and green
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-8

Get bulbs for these unique spring-blooming bulbs here.

Grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)

The small perennial grape hyacinth is a part of the asparagus family, not the hyacinth family. These bulbs that bloom in spring are very resistant to deer and rabbits.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Most commonly, but also available in white, purple, and pink
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-8

Purchase a mix of grape hyacinths here.

Hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis)

The hyacinth flower is very easy to force indoors in winter, similar to other bulbs such as paperwhites and amaryllis.  They are commonly grown in special “hyacinth vases” that suspend the bulb over water. 

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Pink, purple, white, yellow, peach, and blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop for hyacinth early spring bulbs in mixed colors here.

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica)

These bulbs are very popular and low-maintenance, and are also deer-resistant. They spread quickly and can become invasive in some areas.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Mainly blue with white or pink varieties
• Hardiness zones: USDA 2-8

Purchase Siberian squill early spring bulbs here.

Tulips (Tulipa spp.)

Tulips are a popular spring-blooming bulb with over 100 species. They are often associated with the Netherlands, the world’s leading producer of tulips.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Spring
• Flower color: A wide range of vibrant colors, including almost black
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-7

Shop tulip spring blooming bulbs here.

Early to late spring perennials

Perennial flowers return to the garden year after year, and add reliable color through the spring season. Many spring-blooming perennials begin flowering shortly after bulbs have finished, extending the display of early spring flowers in garden beds and borders.

Bearded Iris (Iris x germanica)

From as young as I can remember, my mother had bearded irises growing in her garden in spring. These flowers represent power and majesty and are symbols of the rainbow goddess Iris in Greek mythology.

• Sunlight needs: Fun sun
• Bloom time: Mid-spring to late spring/early summer
• Flower color: Nearly every color of the rainbow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Buy a mixture of spring-blooming bearded iris rhizomes for your garden.

Bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis – formerly Dicentra spectabilis)

If you love the love of romantic flowers, the bleeding heart is perfect for you. It’s easy to see where they got their common name when you look at their exquisitely shaped heart-shaped flowers.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid – late spring
• Flower color: Shades of white, pink, and red
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Purchase the spring-blooming perennial bleeding heart.

Candytuft (Iberis)

Many flowers have symbolic connections, and candytuft is no exception. In Victorian times, it symbolized indifference or apathy. Giving candytuft conveyed the message, “I am yours, but I don’t care.”

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full sun
• Bloom time: Mid – late spring
• Flower color: White to light pink and lavender-pink
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Shop for spring bloomer white candytuft live plants on Etsy.

Columbine (Aquilegia spp.)

Columbine is the state flower of Colorado. The blooms attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies, and are easy to grow.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Late spring
• Flower color: Blue, purple, red, pink, white, and yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Get a giant mix of seeds to grow these spring-blooming perennials.

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata)

During the peak bloom time in spring, creeping phlox flowers are so prolific that you often can’t see the foliage underneath them! The blooms are long-lasting and aromatic. There is also an upright version of phlox that blooms in summer.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Mid – late spring
• Flower color: Pink, purple, lavender, blue, red, and white
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Buy 5 starter plants for creeping phlox here.

Forsythia (Forsythia spp.)

Plant forsythia shrubs to add a bright pop of yellow to your yard. These shrubs can be pruned into a hedge or used to hide chainlink fences, transforming a plain backyard into a vibrant spring garden.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 5-8

Get this spring shrub with yellow flowers here.

Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)

Lily of the valley is the birth flower for May. These white spring flowers are associated with good luck, motherhood, and new beginnings.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: White
• Hardiness zones: USDA 2-8

Purchase lily of the valley bare root pips for your spring garden here.

Lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.)

Lungwort flowers are excellent early spring sources of nectar for pollinators. They thrive under black walnut trees and have flowers that change color.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Early spring
• Flower color: Violet to pink or blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop for the perennial lungwort on Etsy.

Pinks (Dianthus spp.)

Depending on your temperature, dianthus can be sold as an annual, perennial, or biennial. It has a clumping habit with brightly colored blossoms and contrasting centers.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Late spring into summer
• Flower color: Pink, white, red, lilac, and purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Buy a mix of spring-blooming dianthus seeds here.

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)

The common name comes from the Latin prima rosa (“first rose”). However, primroses are not related to actual roses. They are edible and have a mild, sweet taste.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Cream with yellow centers
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-8

Get five starter plants for one of the earliest blooming spring flowers.

Rockfoil (Saxifraga)

The tough, low-growing rockfoil plants are known for thriving in rock gardens. Their name comes from the Latin words saxum (rock) and frangere (to break).

• Sunlight needs: Dappled sunlight to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to late spring
• Flower color: Pink, red, white, purple, and yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-9

Purchase rockfoil seeds in many colors here.

Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla)

Gardeners love this spring-blooming perennial with tiny blue flowers for its large, heart-shaped leaves, which provide garden interest all season long.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop for these spring-flowering plants here.

Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum spp.)

Fun fact: When the plant dies back in autumn, it leaves a circular scar on the rhizome that resembles an old-fashioned wax seal, used by the biblical King Solomon, giving this shade-loving early spring perennial its common name.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Late spring
• Flower color: Creamy white to greenish white
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Buy Solomon’s seal spring-blooming perennials here.

Woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata)

This mid-spring blooming perennial spreads to form mats, making it an excellent ground cover for shade gardens. Its flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: Lavender, blue, and lilac-blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Purchase seeds and live plants of the spring-blooming woodland phlox on Etsy.

Early spring annual flowers

Annual flowers complete their life cycle in one growing season, but they provide quick color and are easy to add to containers and garden beds. Planting spring-blooming annuals is a simple way to brighten your garden while waiting for summer flowers to appear.

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

California poppies are technically a short-lived perennial, but they are commonly grown as a reseeding annual. They bloom in early spring and perform best as perennials in zones 8-10.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Orange and yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 8-10

Get a mix of seeds for California poppy early spring annual, here.

Annual larkspur (Consolida ajacis)

Not to be confused with perennial larkspur (Delphinium), this cold-hardy annual variety will reseed to return the following year, even in climates where it can’t survive the winter.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Mid-spring into summer
• Flower color: Blue, purple, pink, white, and red
• Hardiness zones: USDA 2-11

Purchase seeds of the spring annual larkspur here.

Cineraria (Pericallis senetti)

The life of this annual is very short. It has a 2-4 week flowering display before it dies, and is often treated as a “disposable” potted plant.

• Sunlight needs: Dappled sunlight to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early spring – late spring
• Flower color: blue, purple, magenta, violet, and bright pink
• Hardiness zones: 9-12

Shop seeds for the spring-blooming annual cineraria.

Pansies (Viola × wittrockiana)

Pansies don’t mind the cold of the earliest spring days. They look great in a border or in a window box planter. You can also get a second round of color by planting it in the fall.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Early – late spring
• Flower color: A diverse range of colors from black to yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 6-10

Buy your own pansy early spring annual seeds here.

Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus)

Snapdragons are grown as an annual in most regions. This popular cottage garden plant is cold-tolerant and does well in garden beds, containers, and hanging baskets.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early – late spring (and again in autumn)
• Flower color: White, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 7-11

Get spring annual snapdragon seeds for your garden here.

Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus)

Sweet peas are grown as annuals in zones 2–11 and thrive in cool weather, blooming in the spring in most regions. 

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Mid to late spring
• Flower color: A wide range of colors from white to purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 2-11

Purchase sweetpea seeds in many colors on Etsy.

Viola (Viola cornuta)

Violas are technically short-lived perennials but are commonly grown as cool-season annuals for early spring color. Most garden violas are hybrids based on Viola cornuta.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Will flower from spring to fall, but peak times are spring and fall, not summer
• Flower color: Violet, purple, blue, yellow, white, lavender, and apricot
• Hardiness zones: USDA 6-9

Shop spring annual seeds for viola flowers to plant in spring.

Early spring wildflowers

Spring wildflowers bring natural beauty to woodland gardens and shaded areas of the landscape. Many of these early spring wildflowers bloom before trees get leaves, taking advantage of the extra sunlight that reaches the forest floor.

Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

This native spring ephemeral is named for its white pantaloon-shaped flowers. 

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: White to pale pink
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Buy 3 bare-rooted spring-blooming wildflower plant Dutchman’s breeches, here.

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Fun fact: This native perennial can change its sex! When young, it is typically male, but when the plant grows larger, it changes to female to support the berries that form.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring to early summer
• Bloom color: Green, brown, or deep purple, with stripes
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-9

Get 5 bulbs of the spring wildflower Jack-in-the-pulpit for your garden here.

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Except for the fruit, which is edible when fully mature, all other parts of the plant are toxic when ingested since they contain podophyllotoxin.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: Pale pink, rose, or purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Purchase 7 roots of the spring wildflower mayapple on Etsy.

Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica)

This early spring ephemeral has potato-like tubers that taste like chestnuts. It attracts many pollinators, including the Spring Beauty bee, which feeds exclusively on the pollen and nectar of this plant.

• Sunlight needs: Partial sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: White to pale pink
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Shop for Spring Beauty wildflower bulbs/tubers here.

Trillium (Trillium spp.)

Trillium spring wildflowers have three petals, three leaves, and three sepals. They can live for up to 25 years, but it can take 7 years for them to bloom from seed. Note that picking them in the wild can damage or kill the plant.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid spring to early summer
• Flower color: White or red/maroon
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-9

Etsy has bulbs of trillium for sale.

Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Virginia bluebell flowers are color-changing. They start as pink flowers and turn blue when they open. Their tubular shape is popular with hummingbirds, butterflies, and long-tongued bees.

• Sunlight needs: Partial to full shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: Blue
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Buy bulbs to grow Virginia bluebells in your garden.

Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Fun fact: Wild geranium has explosive seed pods that catapult seeds up to 30 feet away from the parent plant.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Mid to late spring
• Flower color: Lavender, pink, or lilac-purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-8

Get wild geranium plants for your garden on Etsy.

Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)

The blooms of wood anemone are day-sensitive, meaning they will close up on rainy, cloudy days and at night to protect their pollen. They are “sun followers”, opening their flowers to follow the sun’s path.

• Sunlight needs: Dappled sunlight to full shade
• Bloom time: Early spring
• Flower color: White
• Hardiness zones: Best in USDA 4-8

Purchase seeds for wood anemone from Pairie Moon Nursery.

Flowering shrubs that bloom in spring

Flowering shrubs add structure and long-lasting color to the spring garden. Many spring-flowering shrubs produce abundant blooms in early to mid-spring and make excellent focal points or hedges in the landscape.

Camellia (Camellia japonica)

Often called “winter roses”, camellias flower from fall to early spring when most plants are dormant.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade to filtered sunlight
• Bloom time: Fall – early spring
• Flower color: White, pink, red, and yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 7-9

Purchase early spring-blooming camellia live plants here.

Daphne (Daphne odora)

This perennial shrub is prized for its fragrant blooms. However, all parts of the plant are toxic to dogs, cats, and humans, particularly the berries.

• Sunlight needs: Sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter – early spring
• Flower color: White, pink, rose-purple, and reddish-purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 7-9

Shop for a 1-gallon spring-blooming perennial Daphne odora on Etsy.

Flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)

Flowering quince is one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring, sometimes even ahead of forsythia.

• Sunlight needs: Fun sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: Red, scarlet, orange, salmon, pink, peach, and white
• Hardiness zones: USDA 5-9

Buy flowering quince shrubs for your spring garden here.

Tiki Pieris (Pieris japonica ‘Tiki’)

Fun fact: This early blooming perennial shrub is sometimes known as the Lily of the Valley plant, due to its cascading bell-shaped white flowers.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Late winter to early spring
• Flower color: White
• Hardiness zones: USDA 6-8

Get a 1-gallon spring-flowering shrub, Tiki Pieris, at Watson’s Greenhouse.

Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

Azaleas thrive in acidic soil and are often called the “Royalty of the Garden”. Both azaleas and rhododendrons are highly toxic to both humans and pets if consumed in large amounts.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: White, pink, cream, red, lavender, purple, orange, and yellow
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Purchase azelea spring shrubs in many colors here.

Rhododendron (Rhododendron spp.)

Rhododendrons are the national flower of Nepal, and the state flower of both Washington and West Virginia.

• Sunlight needs: Partial shade
• Bloom time: Mid-spring
• Flower color: A wide range from white and pink to near blue shades
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-9

Etsy has a large variety of rhododendron plants for sale here.

Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Lilacs can live for over 100 years! They are associated with first love, innocence, and the renewal of spring.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Mid to late spring
• Flower color: White, pink, magenta, blue, violet, and deep purple
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-7

Shop for old-fashioned lilac plants at Spring Hill Nursery.

Snowball bush (Viburnum opulus)

The flowers of the snowball bush change as they age, starting with green, then white, and sometimes a pinkish hue.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
• Flower color: White, cream, and pinkish white
• Hardiness zones: USDA 3-9

Purchase Snowball bush live plants on Etsy.

Thunberg Spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

Fun fact: Thunberg spirea produces natural chemicals (cis-cinnamic acid) that can inhibit the growth of surrounding weeds.

• Sunlight needs: Full sun
• Bloom time: Early spring
• Flower color: White
• Hardiness zones: USDA 4-8

Buy spring-flowering Thunberg spirea here.

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Plan Your Garden for Every Season

Creating a beautiful garden doesn’t stop with early spring flowers. These related guides will help you plan for continuous color from the first blooms of spring through the end of the growing season.

• Spring Garden Checklist: Stay on track with a simple checklist that covers planting, soil preparation, and essential early-season garden tasks.
• Summer-blooming plants: Discover flowers that take over as spring fades, keeping your garden vibrant through the गर्मer months.
• Fall-blooming annuals and perennials: Extend your garden’s beauty into autumn with flowers that thrive as the weather cools.

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