Plants that bloom in April in Zone 4 with purple flowers

Ajuga

Bronze-purple foliage with blue spikes. Fills bare shade in one season.

Aubrieta

Purple cascades spilling over walls and rocks in spring. Shear after bloom for a fresh flush of foliage.

Columbine

Delicate, spurred flowers that dance on wiry stems. Hummingbird favorite.

Creeping Phlox

An evergreen sun-loving groundcover that smothers walls, slopes, and rock gardens in dense pink, purple, blue, lavender, or white sheets every April and May.

Crocus

One of the first signs of spring, pushing through snow with jewel-toned cups.

Eastern Redbud

Magenta flowers erupt directly from bare branches. Spring showstopper tree.

Fritillaria

Checkered, nodding bells with an otherworldly pattern. A collector's favorite.

Grape Hyacinth

Tiny grape-like clusters that spread into rivers of blue over time.

Hellebore

The Lenten Rose. Elegant nodding blooms that thrive in deep shade.

Hyacinth

Dense, intensely fragrant spikes. One bulb can perfume an entire room.

Lenten Rose

Nodding flowers in late winter when nothing else is blooming. Evergreen foliage adds year-round structure to shade gardens.

Lilac

Intensely fragrant clusters that define spring in northern gardens.

Queen of Night Tulip

The darkest tulip. Satiny, near-black maroon blooms that look almost unreal in late spring.

Snapdragon

Vertical flower spikes with squeeze-open blooms. Kids love them.

Sweet Alyssum

Honey-scented carpet of tiny flowers. The best living edging plant.

Sweet Pea

Ruffled, intensely fragrant climbing flowers in every pastel shade. Cool-season annual that hates heat.

Tulip

The classic spring icon in almost every color imaginable.

Vinca

Evergreen mat with periwinkle-blue flowers. Tough shade ground cover.

Wild Geranium

Soft pink blooms over deeply-cut foliage. A woodland edge staple.