Plants Flowering in April

Fern-like leaves in clusters of small leaflets. Fruits are rose-red then pink and white. A suitable species for the smaller garden

A splendid silvery whitebeam species with a columnar habit

Large clusters of long-lasting yellow fruits.

vigorous tall branching shrub with clusters of white flowers

White

Abundant small white flowers in dense clusters all along the branches

Arching branches and slender leaves. Bowl-shaped white flowers

Long racemes of numerous yellow cup-shaped flowers. A rare species more floriferous than S. praecox

Short racemes of drooping yellow flowers with bronzy stems

Unusual evergreen Chinese species which is relatively new to cultivation. Forms a large suckering clump in shade with long thin racemes of yellow flowers. In full sun it seems to have a more compact shrubby habit

Arching shoots and bronze young foliage. Leaves are narrow and willow-like. Pale yellow flowers in hanging racemes

Leaves emerging green, becoming deep purple, before turning orange in autumn. Scented, pink tinged white flowers

Soft pink flowers and bronze young leaves

Bell-shaped fragrant pink-tinged flowers in long hanging panicles and greenish white fruit

Vigorous evergreen climber with purple male flowers and greenish white female flowers. Ideal for shrouding an ugly wall

Vigorous climber with scented violet-tinged white flowers in spring and egg-shaped purplish fruits

Fragrant flowers in March. The female flowers are purplish and the male greenish-white. Edible sausage-shaped fruit pods in autumn

Flowers in early spring with green-white to purple flowers and purple fruits. Hardy

Clump forming perennial with all year round flower spikes with flowers which have orange or yellow calyces and blue corollas

White and blue flowers opening from bluish-black bracts

Glossy dark green leaves with yellow autumn colour. Bright red flowers with brown bracts when only hamamelis and parrotias are also in flower. A cross between sycopsis and parrotia which makes a fine if unusual addition to an early spring garden

Flowers are without petals but have attractive yellow, red-anthered stamens enclosed by brown scales. An interesting complement to early flowering hamamelis or parrotia

Pale pink flowers earlier in the year than ramosissima

White flowers, leaves in rosettes

Marbled leaves and dark red flowers.

Musk scented dark maroon flowers

Mahogany-red

White flowers ageing to pink

Yellow-green