Plants that bloom in March in Zone 4 with yellow flowers

Crocus

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

Daffodil

Cheerful trumpets that naturalize beautifully and return stronger each year.

Draba

Tiny alpine cushion plant smothered in bright yellow flowers in early spring. Perfect miniature scale.

Dutchman's Breeches

Finely cut foliage and clusters of puffy white pantaloon-shaped flowers in early spring. A charming ephemeral that disappears by summer.

Fawn Lily

Mottled leaves and nodding white flowers with swept-back petals emerge in early spring from Pacific Northwest woodlands.

Forsythia

A wall of golden yellow on bare branches. Spring's loudest announcement.

Ice Follies Daffodil

White petals frame a wide, ruffled cup that opens yellow and fades to cream. Multiplies fast.

King Alfred Daffodil

The classic golden trumpet daffodil. Naturalizes into massive sweeps that return for decades.

Spicebush

Clusters of tiny yellow flowers appear on bare branches in early spring on a fragrant native shrub with blazing yellow fall color.

Tulip

The classic spring icon in almost every color imaginable.

Winter Aconite

Buttercup-yellow blooms that push through frozen ground before the crocuses.

Witch Hazel

Spidery, fragrant blooms on bare branches when nothing else dares.