Hardiness zone

Plants for zone 6

1814 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 6, 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 1,814 plants, 1,453 have been checked against outside sources (77 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 5–105 ftModerate

Lagerstroemia 'Acoma'

Full sunZones 6–98 ftLow

Narcissus 'Actaea'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Adam's Courage Clematis

Clematis 'Adam's Courage'

Full sunZones 4–75.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yucca filamentosa

Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Malus 'Adirondack'

Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'

Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'

Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow

Agastache 'Firebird'

Agastache 'Firebird'

Full sunZones 6–112 ftLow

Aglo Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Weston's Aglo'

Part shadeZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Prunus × yedoensis 'Akebono'

Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Alabama Jubilee Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Alabama Jubilee'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Leucanthemum × superbum 'Alaska'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scilla luciliae 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Alba Gayfeather

Liatris spicata 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Colchicum autumnale 'Album'

Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Album Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus montanus

Full sunZones 5–108.5 ftLow

Alexandrina Magnolia

Magnolia × soulangeana 'Alexandrina'

Full sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'

Part sunZones 5–96.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sporobolus airoides

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

All Gold Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate

Allegheny Spurge

Pachysandra procumbens

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Pötschke'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Alpine Carpet Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Mondap'

Full sunZones 2–68 inLow

Full sunZones 3–84 inModerate

Amazing Daisies Spun Silk Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum × superbum 'Spun Silk'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Amber Flower Carpet Rose

Rosa 'Noa97400a'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Full sunZones 2–76 ftModerate

American Alumroot

Heuchera americana

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

American Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

Part sunZones 6–106 ftModerate

American Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

American Cranberrybush Viburnum

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

American Gold Rush

Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'

Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

American Goldfinch False Indigo

Baptisia 'American Goldfinch'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Part shadeZones 3–925 ftModerate

American Linden

Tilia americana

Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate

American Smoketree

Cotinus obovatus

Full sunZones 4–817 ftModerate

American Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Astilbe × arendsii 'Amethyst'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftHigh

Amethyst Dream Bachelor Button

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Amethyst Falls Wisteria

Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls'

Full sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Amethyst in Snow Bachelor's Button

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Anah Kruschke'

Part shadeZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Angel Bells Clustered Bellflowers

Campanula glomerata 'Angel Bells'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Angel Eyes Hibiscus

Hibiscus 'Angel Eyes'

Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

Rosa 'Angel Face'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Angelique'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–93 ftLow

Geranium 'Ann Folkard'

Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 4–811 ftModerate

Hyacinthus 'Anna Marie'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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