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Plants for Zone 3 That Bloom in February

18 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 3 and typically flower in February, such as Crocus, Snowdrop and Witch Hazel. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

18 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months and USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 18 plants, 11 have been checked against outside sources; the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations. Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

The flowers of February in zone 3

Every plant on this page is in flower in February. These are the ones with the shortest seasons around it, ranked by how much of each plant's flowering falls in January, February and March: a plant that opens and finishes here sits ahead of one that flowers from spring to frost, and ties go to the plants this site's guides name most often.

Blue Pearl
Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Pearl'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cream Beauty
Crocus chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Crocus
Crocus
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Early Squill
Scilla mischtschenkoana
Full sunZones 3–84 inModerate
Flore Pleno
Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'
Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Flower Record
Crocus vernus 'Flower Record'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Giant Snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Jeanne d'Arc
Crocus vernus 'Jeanne d'Arc'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Magnet
Galanthus 'Magnet'
Part shadeZones 3–77 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Remembrance
Crocus vernus 'Remembrance'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Ruby Giant
Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
S. Arnott
Galanthus 'S. Arnott'
Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Snow Bunting
Crocus chrysanthus 'Snow Bunting'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Snowdrop
Galanthus
Part shadeZones 3–75 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Tricolor
Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Viridapice
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'
Part shadeZones 3–76 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Witch Hazel
Hamamelis
Part sunZones 3–810 ftModerate
Yellow Mammoth
Crocus flavus 'Yellow Mammoth'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

February bloom in zone 3 by flower color

A plant that comes in more than one color is counted under each. The picks rank the same way as the flowers above, so each color names the plants whose season sits closest to February.

White

9 plants

  • Flore Pleno

    Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' · February to March

  • Jeanne d'Arc

    Crocus vernus 'Jeanne d'Arc' · February to March

February bloom in zone 3 by height

Mature height, in the three bands a border is planted in. Anything over 10 ft is structure rather than a border plant, and a climber is sized by whatever it is growing up, so both sit this out.

Front of the border

under 12 in

17 plants

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