Inspire Your Landscape: Spring Flower Ideas

The weather is finally looking up, which means Hoosiers are beginning to plan their landscapes. We hope to help inspire your designs with some spring flower ideas.

Allium

Also knows as ornamental onion, Allium is a wonderful plant to boost your landscape design. From Central Asia, it is easy to grow and comes in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Click here to read more about Allium.

Bloodroot

A simple white flower, Bloodroot gets its name from its red sap that resembles blood. It will grow readily in your garden and looks simply splendid in a wooded setting. Click here to read more about Bloodroot.

Ornamental Cherry Tree

Trees are plants too, so we are including this spring stunner in our list. A beautiful flush of blooms emerge in late March, early April and typically carpet the entire tree like a wig, temporarily giving it a pink hair style. Click here to read more about the Ornamental Cherry Tree.

Crabapple Tree

While technically this tree has great interest in all four seasons, in spring the Crabapple’s buds draw the eye and continue to impress as they open into a stunning display of blooms covering the entire canopy. Flowers are found in pinks, whites and purples. Click here to read more about the Crabapple Tree.

Crocus

We can’t write about spring flowers without mentioning Crocus. They tend to be the first colorful evidence that winter is turning. And that color comes in many varieties to welcome spring to your landscape. Click here to read more about Crocus.

Daffodil

Narcissus, more commonly known by the name Daffodils in Indiana, are another early spring bloomer that we all know and love. Planting them in clumps allows them to truly pop in your garden.Click here to read more about Daffodils.

Dogwood

Another flowering tree, Dogwood comes in quite a few shapes and sizes. They are understory trees and so prefer protected areas with partial shade. We have some favorite species for Indiana. Check them out here.

Hyacinth

If you walk up a walkway and smell and sweet wonderful smell this spring, you are most likely near some hyacinth. Added bonus – they come in many rich colors too! Click here to read more about Hyacinth.

Iris

Iris add lovely height and texture to you spring garden, as well as wonderful color. Since their bloom is short-lived, we suggest planting them with late-seasons bloomers for lasting color in your landscape. Click here to read more about Iris.

Tree Lilac

You may be familiar with lilac bushes, but have you met the Tree Lilac? Not only does it offer an incredible springtime display, year after year, it’s creamy white flowers encase the entire tree in a soft cocoon of fragrance you will not be able to resist. Click here to read more about the Tree Lilac.

Lungwort

Pulmonaria, or Lungwort, is a shade loving flowering perennial that loves to be planted under trees with thick canopies. Blooms can be blue, white or pink and add a burst of early season color to the shady portion of your landscape. Click here to read more about Lungwort.

Star Magnolia

Star Magnolia or Magnolia stellate, is one of the earliest spring bloomers. Sporting lovely fragrant white or pink blooms with a beautiful growth habit and wonderful green foliage, this flowering tree will not disappoint. Click here to read more about the Star Magnolia.