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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Duchesse de Nemours

Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Narcissus 'Dutch Master'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca 'Conica'

Full sunZones 2–64 ftModerate

Dwarf Korean Lilac

Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Dwarf White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Nana'

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Scilla mischtschenkoana

Full sunZones 3–84 inModerate

Earlybird Purple Blue Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258487'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earlybird Purple White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Earth Angel Hosta

Hosta 'Earth Angel'

Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Eastern White Pine

Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate

Easy Elegance Oscar Peterson Rose

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Hemerocallis 'El Desperado'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'

Full sunZones 3–86 inLow

Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

Full sunZones 3–813 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Hosta 'Empress Wu'

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pinus mugo 'Enci'

Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 2–626 ftModerate

European Snowball

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'

Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate

Eye Candy Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata 'Eye Candy'

Full sunZones 3–94 inModerate

Eye Shadow Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata 'Eye Shadow'

Full sunZones 2–94 inLow

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

False Sunflower

Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'

Full sunZones 2–730 ftModerate

Narcissus 'February Gold'

Full sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Fire and Ice'

Full shadeZones 3–91 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fire Light Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'SMHPFL'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Firefly Peach Sky

Achillea 'Firefly Peach Sky'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

Full sunZones 3–98 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Veronica spicata 'First Love'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'

Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crocus vernus 'Flower Record'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow

Hosta 'Francee'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Frances Williams

Hosta 'Frances Williams'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dianthus 'Frosty Fire'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hylotelephium 'Frosty Morn'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji Pink'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji White'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Delphinium 'Galahad'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Gardenia'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'

Part shadeZones 3–75 ftModerate

Galanthus elwesii

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Giant Sunflower

Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth Russian'

Full sunZones 2–118 ftModerate

Veronica spicata 'Giles van Hees'

Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Full sunZones 3–849 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Globe Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Globosa'

Full sunZones 2–73.5 ftModerate

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