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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Prairie Dropseed Grass

Sporobolus heterolepis

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Prairie Junegrass

Koeleria macrantha

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow

Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

President Grevy

Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

President Lincoln

Syringa vulgaris 'President Lincoln'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Princess Irene'

Full sunZones 3–81 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulipa 'Purissima'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Purple Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Astilbe chinensis 'Purpurlanze'

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftHigh

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow

Hemerocallis 'Purple de Oro'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Hylotelephium 'Purple Emperor'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Purple Prairie Clover

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Monarda 'Purple Rooster'

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Veronica 'Purpleicious'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Populus tremuloides

Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Queen of the Prairie

Filipendula rubra

Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh

Quick Fire Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bulk'

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate

Raydon's Favorite

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Ace'

Full sunZones 2–72 ftLow

Red Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Red Boy'

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Paeonia 'Red Charm'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trifolium pratense

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Sambucus racemosa

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Veronica spicata 'Rotfuchs'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Redosier Dogwood

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Regent Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'

Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate

Crocus vernus 'Remembrance'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matthiola incana

Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Rosebay Rhododendron

Rhododendron maximum

Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Roundleaf Ragwort

Packera obovata

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Royal Blue Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Royal Crimson Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Osmunda regalis

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh

Royal White Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'

Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh

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