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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Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Cinnamon Hearts Rose

Rosa 'Vlr13003'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace'

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'Clara Curtis'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Color Spires Back to the Fuchsia Salvia

Salvia 'Back to the Fuchsia'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Color Spires Crystal Blue Salvia

Salvia × sylvestris 'Crystal Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Color Spires Pink Dawn Salvia

Salvia 'Pink Dawn'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Colorado Blue Spruce

Full sunZones 2–749 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Columnar White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'

Full sunZones 3–839 ftModerate

Common Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Common Blanketflower

Gaillardia aristata

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Common Blue Grama Grass

Bouteloua gracilis

Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Common Pussy Willow

Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Full sunZones 3–817 ftModerate

Compact Andorra Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Youngstown'

Full sunZones 3–912 inModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coronation Gold

Achillea 'Coronation Gold'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Couleur Cardinal

Tulipa 'Couleur Cardinal'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crater Lake Blue

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Crocus chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Creeping Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Full sunZones 3–94 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crème de Cassis

Alcea rosea 'Creme de Cassis'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Crested Surf Fern

Athyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Veronicastrum virginicum

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Custard Candy Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Custard Candy'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dakota Burgundy Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis 'Tnpendb'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Dancing Queen Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Queen'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Thuja occidentalis 'Danica'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

DeGroot's Spire

Thuja occidentalis 'DeGroot's Spire'

Full sunZones 3–815 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dense Blazing Star

Liatris spicata

Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Anethum graveolens

Full sunZones 3–113 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dotted Blazing Star

Liatris punctata

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Double Pardon Me Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Double Pardon Me'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Double Play Big Bang

Spiraea 'Double Play Big Bang'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Dolly Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjsa'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Doozie Spirea

Spiraea 'Ncsx2'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Red Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjmfr'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Dragon Baby Hardy Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Hylv17522'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

DreamScape Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens 'Baicz10'

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

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