Plants that bloom in April in Zone 8 with orange flowers

Apricot Beauty Tulip

Soft salmon-apricot single early blooms with a delicate sweet fragrance. One of the first tulips to flower in spring.

Azalea

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

Ballerina Tulip

Lily-flowered tulip with pointed petals in vivid tangerine. Sweetly orange-scented and one of the longest-blooming tulips you can plant.

California Poppy

Golden cups that carpet hillsides across the state. Closes at night and on cloudy days.

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.

Daffodil

Cheerful trumpets that naturalize beautifully and return stronger each year.

Indian Paintbrush

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

La Belle Epoque Tulip

Vintage cafe-au-lait coloring with peach, cream, and dusty pink swirled together. The most photographed tulip of the last decade.

Persian Buttercup

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

Princess Irene Tulip

Glowing orange petals brushed with smoky purple flames. Mildly fragrant and one of the most unusual color combinations in any tulip.

Queen of Sheba Tulip

Lily-flowered tulip with pointed petals in glowing red edged with gold. Lights up the late spring border like a flame.

Snapdragon

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

Tulip

The classic spring icon in almost every color imaginable.

Wallflower

Velvety blooms in burnished sunset tones with a sweet violet fragrance. The forgotten cottage staple worth bringing back.