Hardiness zone

Plants for zone 3

657 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 3, 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 657 plants, 501 have been checked against outside sources (26 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

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Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Narcissus 'Actaea'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Alabama Jubilee Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Alabama Jubilee'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scilla luciliae 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Alba Gayfeather

Liatris spicata 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Alpine Carpet Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Mondap'

Full sunZones 2–68 inLow

Full sunZones 3–84 inModerate

Phlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Full sunZones 2–76 ftModerate

American Cranberrybush Viburnum

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Part shadeZones 3–925 ftModerate

American Linden

Tilia americana

Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate

American Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Amethyst Dream Bachelor Button

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Amethyst in Snow Bachelor's Button

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Angel Bells Clustered Bellflowers

Campanula glomerata 'Angel Bells'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Angelique'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Part sunZones 3–95 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apollo Winterberry

Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Appalachian Sedge

Carex appalachica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Delight

Achillea millefolium 'Apricot Delight'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip

Tulipa 'Zantubeau'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Sparkles

Hemerocallis 'Apricot Sparkles'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Thuja occidentalis

Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Farrow'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'SMNCSBD'

Full sunZones 2–74.5 ftModerate

Arizona Apricot

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot'

Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'

Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Viburnum dentatum

Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Delphinium 'Astolat'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astra Double Blue

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Double Blue'

Full sunZones 3–810 inModerate

Astra White Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra White'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Hosta 'August Moon'

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aureo Marginata Hosta

Hosta 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Blaze Maple

Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred'

Full sunZones 3–850 ftModerate

Autumn Bride Coral Bells

Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'

Full sunZones 3–72 ftModerate

Hylotelephium 'Autumn Fire'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Joy Sedum

Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Hosta 'Avocado'

Part shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'

Full sunZones 2–720 ftModerate

Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum 'Baby Joe'

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Syringa 'SMNSDTP'

Full sunZones 3–72.5 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

Tulipa 'Ballerina'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Bar Harbor Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Barbara Mitchell Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Barbara Mitchell'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aurinia saxatilis

Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

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