Plants that bloom in April in Zone 6 with pink flowers

Apple

Fragrant white to pink flowers in spring precede a fall crop of dessert apples.

Aubrieta

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

Azalea

Explosive spring color in every warm hue. Acid-loving woodland classic.

Bergenia

Bold rubbery leaves provide year-round structure and turn burgundy in winter. Early pink flowers arrive with the hellebores.

Bleeding Heart

Arching sprays of heart-shaped flowers for shady woodland gardens.

Bloom-a-Thon Azalea

Repeat-blooming azalea with waves of color spring through fall. Evergreen in mild climates.

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.

Dogwood

Iconic spring bloomer with fall berries and winter bark. Four-season beauty.

Eastern Redbud

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

Encore Autumn Azalea

Spring blooms plus a full fall encore. Multiple color options in the Encore series.

Epimedium

Delicate fairy-wing flowers above leathery foliage. One of the toughest dry shade groundcovers.

Glory-of-the-Snow

Star-shaped blooms that appear as snow melts. Naturalizes into drifts.

Hellebore

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

Highbush Blueberry

Bell-shaped spring flowers are followed by sweet blue berries and excellent fall color.

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.

Lungwort

Flowers open pink and turn blue on the same stem. Silver-spotted foliage looks great all season.

Magnolia

Goblet-shaped blooms on bare branches. One of spring's most dramatic moments.

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Western native that blooms much longer than its eastern cousin. Ferny foliage all season.

Peach

Early spring pink blossoms smother the branches before juicy peaches develop.

Piedmont Azalea

Fragrant pale pink to white flowers open before the leaves in early spring, filling lowland forests with sweetness.

Pieris

Chains of lily-of-the-valley flowers dangle over colorful new growth. Year-round structure for shady borders.

Prairie Smoke

Nodding wine-red flowers transform into feathery pink seed plumes that persist into summer. Native prairie gem.

Prairifire Crabapple

Deep pink-red flowers on a disease-resistant crabapple. Persistent small fruit feeds winter birds.

Red Flowering Currant

Among the first shrubs to bloom in Pacific Northwest gardens, dripping with rosy-pink racemes that hummingbirds arrive for before anything else has opened.

Saxifrage

Mossy cushions dotted with dainty flowers. Tucks into rock crevices where little else will grow.

Sea Thrift

Grassy tufts topped with round pink pom-poms. Loves lean soil and coastal conditions.

Shooting Star

Nodding flowers with swept-back petals resemble tiny shooting stars in spring meadows.

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.

Trillium

Three leaves, three petals, pure elegance. The jewel of eastern woodlands.

Tulip

The classic spring icon in almost every color imaginable.

Viburnum

Fragrant snowball clusters in spring, then berries for birds in fall.

Virginia Bluebell

Woodland ephemeral with sky-blue bells. Disappears by summer, returns faithfully.

Wild Azalea

Sweetly fragrant pinwheel flowers on a deciduous native azalea that grows from New England to Georgia. Earlier and more cold-hardy than most.

Wild Geranium

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

Wisteria

Cascading, fragrant racemes that create a dreamy canopy. Needs structure.

Yoshino Cherry

Clouds of pale blossoms cover the tree in early spring, later followed by small bird-edible cherries.