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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Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beauty of Moscow

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Believer Purple Aster

Symphyotrichum 'Yobeliever'

Full sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Part sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'

Full sunZones 3–94 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry White Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba'

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beverly Sills Reblooming Bearded Iris

Iris 'Beverly Sills'

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Big Daddy Hosta

Hosta 'Big Daddy'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Big Sky Sunset Coneflower

Echinacea 'Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–94 ftLow

Bird's Nest Spruce

Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Actaea racemosa

Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Eyed Angels Delphinium

Delphinium 'Black Eyed Angels'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Hero Double Peony Tulip

Tulipa 'Black Hero'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Hills Spruce

Picea glauca 'Densata'

Full sunZones 3–635 ftModerate

Delphinium 'Black Knight'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Black Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black-Eyed Susan

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Viburnum prunifolium

Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate

Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bloomerang Ballet Reblooming Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPH'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Bloomerang Dark Purple Lilac

Syringa 'SMSJBP7'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Bloomerang Purpink Reblooming Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPTP'

Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Bloomerang Purple

Syringa 'Bloomerang Purple'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Bloomerang Showmound Lilac

Syringa pubescens 'SMNSPWF'

Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Delphinium 'Blue Bird'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Blaze Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Blubzam'

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Blue Chip Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Scilla forbesii

Full sunZones 3–86 inModerate

Blue Globe Onion

Allium caeruleum

Full sunZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Glow Globe Thistle

Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Baptisia australis

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Blue Ivory Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Ivory'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Delphinium 'Blue Jay'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Delphinium grandiflorum 'Blue Mirror'

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Moon Wisteria

Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon'

Full sunZones 3–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Muffin Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Christom'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Pearl'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Rug Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Tulipa 'Blue Spectacle'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nepeta × faassenii 'Blue Wonder'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Bobee Northern Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica 'Bobzam'

Full sunZones 3–76 ftModerate

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astilbe × arendsii 'Brautschleier'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftHigh

Spiraea × vanhouttei

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

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