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Hardiness Zone Map


Quick links to the early spring blooming plants in our catalog

Get a head start on spring with these early spring blooming plants. Here's a list of Digging Dog's selections which bloom for some part of March or April.

Click on the name of any of the plants to view that plant's page.

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Perennials  Grasses  Shrubs  Trees & Vines

Perennials
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March–mid-May
4 $10.50
Ajuga pyramidalis ‘Metallica Crispa’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March–early June
4 $10.50 SOLD OUT!
Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Black Scallop Bugleweed Blooms April–June
4 $10.75
Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March–mid-May
4 $10.50
Ajuga reptans ‘Purple Torch’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March?mid-May
4 $10.50
Ajuga tenorii ‘Emerald Chip’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March–mid-May
4 $10.50
Alchemilla ellenbeckii    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–mid-August.
6 $10.75 OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME
Alchemilla erythropoda  Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–August
5 $10.75
Alchemilla glaucescens Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–mid-August.
5 $10.75
Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–mid-August.
4 $10.75
Alchemilla mollis ‘Robusta’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–mid-July
4 $11.75
Aloe ‘Johnson’s Hybrid’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms March–October.
8 $12.00
Anemone leveillei Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Woodland Anemone Blooms April–early June
5 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Anemone nemorosa ‘Robinsoniana’    Partial Shade  New Plant Blooms March–May
4 $11.50
Anemone nemorosa ‘Vestal’    Full Sun  Partial Shade Wood Anemone Blooms late March–early May.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Anemone sylvestris Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Snowdrop Anemone Blooms April–June & September
4 $11.50
Angelica pachycarpa Photo Available Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–June
5 $10.25
Aquilegia atrata    Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–early June
3 $11.25 SOLD OUT!
Aquilegia canadensis ‘Corbett’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
3 $11.25 SOLD OUT!
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $11.25
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Yellow Queen’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May.
4 $11.25
Aquilegia flabellata ‘Blue Angel’    Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–early June
4 $11.25
Aquilegia flabellata ‘White Angel’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade  New Plant Blooms April–June
4 $11.25
Aquilegia ‘Kristall’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $11.25
Aquilegia viridiflora Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–June
3 $11.25 SOLD OUT!
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Leprechaun Gold’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May.
4 $11.25 SOLD OUT!
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Woodside Gold’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May.
4 $11.25 SOLD OUT!
Asarum caudatum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Western Wild Ginger Blooms April–June
7 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Asarum caudatum f. album Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Wild Ginger Blooms April–June.
7 $13.50
Asarum splendens Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Chinese Wild Ginger Blooms April–May
6 $13.50 SOLD OUT!
Asphodeline lutea Photo Available Drawing Available  Full Sun King Spear Blooms April–June.
6 $11.00
Baptisia australis var. minor  Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade Dwarf Wild Blue Indigo Blooms mid-April–early May.
4 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Bergenia ‘Bach’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
3 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Bergenia ‘Bressingham Ruby’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $12.50
Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $12.50
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Winter Glow Bergenia Blooms April–May
4 $12.50
Bergenia ‘Eroica’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $12.50
Bergenia ‘Magic Giant’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
3 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Bergenia ‘Pink Dragonfly’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $12.50
Bergenia ‘Rosi Klose’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms April–May
4 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Bergenia ‘Wintermärchen’    Full Sun  Partial Shade Blooms late April–early June
4 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Bletilla striata ‘Alba Variegata’ Photo Available   Partial Shade Blooms April–July
6 $11.75 OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME
Bletilla striata ‘Soryu’    Partial Shade Blue Dragon Terrestrial Orchid Blooms April–July
6 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder