Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/April/Pink Flowers

Vinca minor

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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of April.
These plants have the following traits:

  • Pink flowers

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:trumpet-shaped
Foliage:simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Tulipa

flowering plants

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Profile for Tulipa (Tulip)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Pulmonaria

flowers on P. officinalis

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Profile for Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Prunus

Flowers of P.persica (peach)

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Profile for Prunus (Cherry)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Prunus is a large genus of trees and shrubs
Flowers:5 petals or multiples of 5. Pink or white.
Foliage:Alternate, simple
Stem:Horizomtal lenticels are prominent on most species
Scent:Ranges from sweet to rank
Subclass plants:P. 'Okame', P. laurocerasus, P. mahaleb, P. persica, P. serotina, P. subhirtella, P. subhirtella 'Pendula'
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Fall, Mid Fall


Narcissus

A Jonquil flower

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Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plants
Foliage:Basal, straplike, slightly bluish
Subclass plants:Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Recent Logs
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  • Anna reg 12:05, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Sb f 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC) (plants blooming in the microclimate by the springhouse, elsewhere not flowering)
  • Anna reg 18:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Malus domestica

Flowers

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Profile for Malus domestica (Apple)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Malus

Flower of M. Asiatica

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Profile for Malus (Apple, Crabbapple)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Dicentra spectabilis

Flowering branches on a pink variety

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Profile for Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:clump-forming herbaceous plant
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer


Cornus florida

Closeup of flowers

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Profile for Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Claytonia virginica

A cluster of plants in flower

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Profile for Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Colonizing herbaceous ground cover
Foliage:Blade-like
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'

Flowers of cv. 'Accolade'

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Profile for Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula' (Weeping Cherry)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Medium sized, weeping tree
Similar Plants:There are weeping form of other cherry species. Please log as Prunus if uncertain.


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Hyacinthus orientalis

Flowering plant (color typical of the wild species)

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Profile for Hyacinthus orientalis (Common Hyacinth)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Chaenomeles

Chaenomeles lagenaria, flowers

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Profile for Chaenomeles (Flowering Quince)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Fagus grandifolia

Leaves of Fagus grandifolia

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Profile for Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Epimedium

Illustration of E. alpinum

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Profile for Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:E. leptorhizum
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Fagus sylvatica


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Profile for Fagus sylvatica (European Beech)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:F. sylvatica purpurea
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Erica carnea

flowers of a purple variety

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Profile for Erica carnea (Heath)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low-growing, spreading shrub
Foliage:Awn-shaped, small, evergreen
Recent Logs
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  • SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Late Fall, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea'


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Profile for Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' (Copper Beech)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Fritillaria meleagris

two varieties

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Profile for Fritillaria meleagris (Snake's Head)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Prunus avium


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Profile for Prunus avium (Sweet Cherry, Wild Cherry)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Cornus florida var. 'rubra'

Search for Cornus florida var. 'rubra' on commons)

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Profile for Cornus florida var. 'rubra' (Pink Flowering Dogwood)
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Higher taxa:Mid Spring
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Phlox sublata

flowering plant

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Profile for Phlox subulata (Moss phlox)
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Ngravagna 18:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Rhododendron

Flowers

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Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:R. calendulaceum,

R. catawbiense,
R. maximum,
R. molle,
R. prinophyllum,
R. subsp. vireya,
R. 'Delaware Valley White',
R. 'Girard's Crimson',
R. 'Hershey's Red',
R. 'PJM',
R. 'Pleasant White',

R. 'Roseum Elegans',
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer


Magnolia x soulangeana

Flowering branches

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Profile for Magnolia x soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:medium sized tree
Flowers:primitive, with 6 tepals
Foliage:simple, alternate
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Scilla siberica

Blue-flowered plants in bloom

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Profile for Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Viola x wittrockiana

A Purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher taxa:Viola


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Prunus 'Okame'


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Profile for Prunus 'Okame' (Okame flowering cherry)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Viburnum x burkwoodii

flowering shrub

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Profile for Viburnum x burkwoodii (Burkwood Viburnum)
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Habit:Medium sized, dense shrub
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Chionodoxa

Closeup of flowers

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Profile for Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Prunus persica

Flowers

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Profile for Prunus persica (Peach)
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This page contains recent bloom logs for the plant Prunus persica (Peach).

If you saw this plant blooming today (or sometime within the last 3 days), you can help improve the bloom clock by logging it. Just click on "edit" next to the Recent Logs heading, add *~~~~ (an asterisk followed by four tildes) on a new line just below the last signature, and then click "save page". This will add your signature and the date to log the plant.

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Geranium maculatum

Plant in bloom

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Profile for Geranium maculatum (Blue Wood Geranium)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer


Helleborus x hybridus

Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low herbaceous plant
Foliage:Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit:Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Cercis canadensis

Flowering tree

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Profile for Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small tree with a horizontal branching habit
Flowers:Small clusters of pea-like flowers, borne on the stems and even trunks
Foliage:Heart-shaped
Stem:Zig-zagging
Fruit:flattened pods
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Syringa vulgaris

A purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Sanguinaria canadensis

Plants in flower

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Profile for Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring


Erigeron philadelphicus

Flowerheads

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Profile for Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia Fleabane)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer


Magnolia stellata

Closeup of a flower

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Profile for Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small to midsize tree with gray bark and a rounded habit
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring



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Last updated 11:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 37 plants.