Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 9
1314 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 9, 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 1,314 plants, 944 have been checked against outside sources (66 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Shrub Rose
Rosa
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Siberian Iris
Iris sibirica
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow

Sienna Sunset
Coreopsis 'Sienna Sunset'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow

Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
FoliageSilver Scrolls
Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Sioux
Lagerstroemia 'Sioux'
Full sunZones 7–917 ftLow

Sir Winston Churchill
Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sixteen Candles
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
FoliageSkyrocket Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
Full sunZones 3–916 ftLow

Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate

Snow Lady
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Snow Lady'
Full sunZones 5–912 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snow White
Monarda 'Schneewittchen'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Snow White Indian Hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis indica 'Snow White'
Full sunZones 7–103.5 ftModerate

Snowball
Agapanthus 'Snowball'
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowcap
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Snowcap'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowcicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowcicle'
Part sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowflake
Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Soeur Emmanuelle
Rosa 'Delamo'
Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh

Solfatare
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Solfatare'
Full sunZones 6–92 ftModerate

Sombrero Adobe Orange
Echinacea 'Sombrero Adobe Orange'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Hot Coral
Echinacea 'Sombrero Hot Coral'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Lemon Yellow
Echinacea 'Sombrero Lemon Yellow'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Salsa Red
Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa Red'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate

Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Full sunZones 7–1117 ftModerate

Spanish Lavender
Lavandula stoechas
Full sunZones 7–91.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs
FoliageSpartan Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'
Full sunZones 4–915 ftLow

Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate

Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow

St. Tropez
Rosa 'Orasyda'
Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

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

Stanwell Perpetual
Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'
Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Full sunZones 7–1013 ftModerate

Star of Bethlehem
Ornithogalum
Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Star of the East
Crocosmia 'Star of the East'
Full sunZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Statice
Limonium
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftLow

Stella de Oro
Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'
Full sunZones 3–912 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Stephen Rulo
Rosa 'Wecrulo'
Full sunZones 6–94.5 ftModerate

Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

Stock
Matthiola
Full sunZones 2–111.5 ftModerate

Storm Cloud
Agapanthus 'Storm Cloud'
Full sunZones 7–113.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Strawberry Candy
Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy'
Full sunZones 3–92 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Strawberry Fields
Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow

Strawberry Hill
Rosa 'Ausrimini'
Full sunZones 4–1010 ftModerate

Strawflower
Xerochrysum
Full sunZones 8–112 ftLow

Sugar Shack Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis 'SMCOSS'
Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Sugartina Crystalina
Clethra alnifolia 'Crystalina'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftHigh
FoliageSum and Substance
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Summer Snowflake
Leucojum aestivum
Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Summer Storm
Hibiscus 'Summer Storm'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftHigh

Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh

Sunny Seduction
Achillea 'Sunny Seduction'
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sunrise Agastache
Agastache 'Sunrise'
Full sunZones 6–112.5 ftLow

Sunset Hyssop
Agastache 'Sunset'
Full sunZones 6–112.5 ftModerate

SunSparkler Firecracker
Hylotelephium 'Firecracker'
Full sunZones 4–98 inLow
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