Plants that bloom in April in Zone 8 with red flowers

Anemone de Caen

Poppy-like flowers in jewel tones bloom in mid-spring over ferny foliage.

Apeldoorn Tulip

Bold, goblet-shaped Darwin hybrid in scarlet with a black base. Strong stems and long-lasting.

Azalea

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

Columbine

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

Coral Bean

Bold spikes of tubular red flowers in spring attract hummingbirds before bean pods form.

Coral Honeysuckle

Non-invasive native honeysuckle with brilliant coral-red tubular flowers that hummingbirds hover at for months.

Crossvine

Tubular orange-red trumpets line this vigorous semi-evergreen vine in spring, attracting every hummingbird in the neighborhood.

Firecracker Penstemon

Spikes of scarlet tubular flowers that hummingbirds fight over. Southwestern native at its finest.

Indian Paintbrush

Bright red to orange bracts surround small flowers and glow across spring prairies.

Japanese Maple

Small flowers are modest but foliage is the star. Hundreds of cultivars from laceleaf to upright. The connoisseur's tree.

Persian Buttercup

Ruffled, rose-like blooms in vivid colors brighten cool spring beds and pots.

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.

Snapdragon

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

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.

Wild Columbine

Nodding red-and-yellow spurred flowers that hummingbirds love on a self-sowing native that naturalizes along woodland edges.