Quick answer: 48 native Nevada plants have a recorded bloom range that includes April.
48 species
- Alderleaf mountain mahogany Cercocarpus montanus · 15 states
- Antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentata · 12 states
- Arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata · 12 states
- Baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii · 3 states
- Banana yucca Yucca baccata · 8 states
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · 34 states
- Bebb willow Salix bebbiana · 6 states
- Blue palo verde Parkinsonia florida · 3 states
- Brittlebush Encelia farinosa · 4 states
- Broadleaf cattail Typha latifolia · 39 states
- Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides · 19 states
- California poppy Eschscholzia californica · 6 states
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · 37 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 44 states
- Colorado four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora · 7 states
- Common juniper Juniperus communis · 39 states
- Common yarrow Achillea millefolium · 47 states
- Creeping Oregon grape Mahonia repens · 15 states
- Creosote bush Larrea tridentata · 6 states
- Desert sand verbena Abronia villosa · 4 states
- Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii · 12 states
- Feathery false Solomon's seal Maianthemum racemosum · 45 states
- Fremont cottonwood Populus fremontii · 7 states
- Gambel oak Quercus gambelii · 8 states
- Gray alder Alnus incana · 26 states
- Greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula · 9 states
- Indian ricegrass Achnatherum hymenoides · 17 states
- Joshua tree Yucca brevifolia · 3 states
- Lacy phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia · 3 states
- Mormon tea Ephedra viridis · 1 states
- Old man's whiskers Geum triflorum · 9 states
- Peachleaf willow Salix amygdaloides · 4 states
- Prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha · 29 states
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · 39 states
- Red baneberry Actaea rubra · 29 states
- Rush milkweed Asclepias subulata · 3 states
- Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia · 14 states
- Scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea · 12 states
- Scarlet monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis · 7 states
- Seep monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata · 15 states
- Silver buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea · 17 states
- Tufted evening primrose Oenothera caespitosa · 15 states
- Upland larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum · 13 states
- Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis · 5 states
- Utah sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale · 3 states
- Wax currant Ribes cereum · 2 states
- Western redbud Cercis occidentalis · 4 states
- Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata · 12 states
April in a Nevada native garden
April is a quieter month in Nevada: 48 of the state's 97 native plants flower in April, compared with 75 at the June peak. That makes these plants valuable for keeping color, and food for pollinators, going outside the main season.
27 start blooming in April, including Alderleaf mountain mahogany, Antelope bitterbrush and Arrowleaf balsamroot. 2 finish in April, including Fremont cottonwood and Western redbud, so this is the last chance to see them in flower.
43 of them grow in full or partial sun and 12 tolerate shade, so there are options for open beds and woodland edges alike. Sizes run from low plants like Arrowleaf balsamroot and Buffalograss to trees such as Alderleaf mountain mahogany and Bearberry. For wildlife, 30 support pollinators, 25 provide food or cover for birds and 8 are caterpillar host plants.
28 of the 48 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species. Be careful buying Common yarrow: common listings for it are often a bred variety or a different species.
Good places to start
Verified wild-species listings that take sun and are widely native, so they are forgiving first plants.
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Apr-Jul
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Mar-Jun
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · Sun, Part Shade · blooms Mar-Jun