Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 4
1239 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 4, 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 1,239 plants, 982 have been checked against outside sources (57 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Arizona Apricot
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot'
Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Arizona Sun
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'
Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Artisan Red Ombre Coneflower
Echinacea 'PAS1257973'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Asiatic Lily
Lilium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Astilbe
Astilbe
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Astolat
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

Athena Gold False Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Inhelsogia'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
FoliageAugust Moon
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

Autumn Brilliance
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Autumn Colors
Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'
Full sunZones 3–72 ftModerate

Autumn Crocus
Colchicum
Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Damask Rose
Rosa damascena var. semperflorens
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

Autumn Fire
Hylotelephium 'Autumn Fire'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Inferno Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster 'Bronfire'
Full sunZones 4–75.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Joy Sedum
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Sun Coneflower
Rudbeckia nitida 'Autumn Sun'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Avalanche Pieris
Pieris japonica 'Avalanche'
Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Avant-garde Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo033'
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Avocado Hosta
Hosta 'Avocado'
Part shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Axminster Gold
Symphytum × uplandicum 'Axminster Gold'
Full sunZones 4–73 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageBaby Blue
Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'
Full sunZones 2–720 ftModerate

Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum 'Baby Joe'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Baby Kim Lilac
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

Balboa Sunset Heuchera
Heuchera 'DOHEUGABECI'
Part sunZones 4–98 inModerate
FoliageBald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh

Ballerina
Tulipa 'Ballerina'
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ballerina Serviceberry
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Ballerina'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Balloon Flower
Platycodon
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Balmy Purple
Monarda didyma 'Balbalmurp'
Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate
FoliageBar 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

Bartzella
Paeonia 'Bartzella'
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Basket of Gold
Aurinia saxatilis
Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

Bath's Pink
Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'
Full sunZones 3–910 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bearded Iris
Iris germanica
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

Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Bela Lugosi
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

Bergenia
Bergenia
Part sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Bernadine Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo061'
Part shadeZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Heavy
Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'
Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Poppins
Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'
Full sunZones 3–94 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Scape Aronia
Aronia arbutifolia 'UCONNAA001'
Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
FoliageBerry Smoothie
Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Berry White Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba'
Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Betty Magnolia
Magnolia 'Betty'
Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Beverly Sills Reblooming Bearded Iris
Iris 'Beverly Sills'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
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