Hardiness zone

Plants for zone 2

82 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 2, with bloom times, sunlight, and water needs. Pick plants that will reliably overwinter where you garden.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 82 plants, 51 have been checked against outside sources (3 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Alpine Carpet Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Mondap'

Full sunZones 2–68 inLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Full sunZones 2–76 ftModerate

American Cranberrybush Viburnum

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'SMNCSBD'

Full sunZones 2–74.5 ftModerate

Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'

Full sunZones 2–720 ftModerate

Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush

Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Bailey Compact'

Full sunZones 2–75.5 ftModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bristleleaf Sedge

Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate

Cornus canadensis

Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate

Celtic Pride Siberian Cypress

Microbiota decussata 'Prides'

Part sunZones 2–71.5 ftModerate

Cesky Gold Dwarf Birch

Betula × plettkei 'Golden Treasure'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftModerate

Cherry on Top Sorbaria

Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Bococot'

Full sunZones 2–105 ftModerate

Brassica oleracea 'Chidori'

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Prunus virginiana

Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Colorado Blue Spruce

Full sunZones 2–749 ftModerate

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate

Common Pussy Willow

Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca 'Conica'

Full sunZones 2–64 ftModerate

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–626 ftModerate

Eye Shadow Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata 'Eye Shadow'

Full sunZones 2–94 inLow

Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'

Full sunZones 2–730 ftModerate

Giant Sunflower

Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth Russian'

Full sunZones 2–118 ftModerate

Globe Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Globosa'

Full sunZones 2–73.5 ftModerate

Potentilla fruticosa 'Goldfinger'

Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow

Happy Face Yellow

Potentilla fruticosa 'Happy Face Yellow'

Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow

Hollyhock 'Blacknight'

Alcea rosea 'Blacknight'

Full sunZones 2–115 ftModerate

Hollyhock 'Peach'

Alcea rosea 'Peach'

Full sunZones 2–115 ftModerate

Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'

Full sunZones 2–730 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Lavender Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Lavender Larkspur

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Lavender Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Amorpha canescens

Full sunZones 2–92.5 ftLow

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Potentilla fruticosa 'Mango Tango'

Full sunZones 2–72 ftLow

Potentilla fruticosa 'McKay's White'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Picea pungens 'Montgomery'

Full sunZones 2–75 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–75 ftModerate

Nagoya Red Kale

Brassica oleracea 'Nagoya Red'

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Potentilla fruticosa 'Orange Whisper'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Ornamental Kale

Brassica oleracea

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Betula papyrifera

Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate

Peach Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Pink Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Ornamental Kale

Brassica oleracea

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Whisper'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Potentilla fruticosa

Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow

Purple Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

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