Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 8
1903 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 8, 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 1,903 plants, 1,490 have been checked against outside sources (93 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs

Burgundy
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgundy'
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Burgundy Mum
Chrysanthemum 'Burgundy'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burkwood
Viburnum × burkwoodii
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Burkwood Osmanthus
Osmanthus × burkwoodii
Full sunZones 6–88 ftModerate

Burning Hearts
Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'
Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burning Love Japanese Leucothoe
Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal 50'
Part shadeZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Bush Anemone
Carpenteria californica
Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow

Butter Rum Tickseed
Coreopsis 'Butter Rum'
Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Buttered Popcorn Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Buttered Popcorn'
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Butterflies Magnolia
Magnolia 'Butterflies'
Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate
FoliageButterfly
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
Part shadeZones 5–813 ftModerate

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower
Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii
Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

Café au Lait
Dahlia 'Café au Lait'
Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow

California Fescue
Festuca californica
Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'
Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'
Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'
Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'
Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum
Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Full sunZones 7–112 ftLow

California Lilac
Ceanothus 'Concha'
Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

California Poppy
Eschscholzia
Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Cream/White)
Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'
Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)
Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'
Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Full sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Calla Lily
Zantedeschia
Part sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia
Camellia japonica
Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Camelot Cream
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'
Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot Lavender
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'
Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot Rose
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'
Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot White
Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot White'
Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens
Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'
Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Candy Cloud Pink Phlox
Phlox 'Balcloudink'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Candy Stripe
Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Candybox Chilean Guava
Ugni molinae 'PI16'
Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

Candytuft
Iberis sempervirens
Full sunZones 3–810 inLow

Canna Lily
Canna
Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Canterbury Bells
Campanula medium
Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Capistrano
Rhododendron 'Capistrano'
Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Captain Kirk Hosta
Hosta 'Captain Kirk'
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Caradonna
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow
FoliageCaramel
Heuchera 'Caramel'
Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carding Mill
Rosa 'Auswest'
Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Carlton Daffodil
Narcissus 'Carlton'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carnegie
Hyacinthus 'Carnegie'
Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carnival Scotch Heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Multicolor'
Full sunZones 5–88 inModerate

Carol Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia 'Carol'
Part shadeZones 5–88 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate

Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Carolina Moonlight
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats

Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
FoliageCarolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress
Hesperocyparis glabra 'Carolina Saphire'
Full sunZones 7–943 ftLow

Carousel Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia 'Carousel'
Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
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