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.

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

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Buddleia davidii

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Butterfly Marguerite Daisy

Argyranthemum 'Butterfly'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Asclepias tuberosa

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

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

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

Part sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Campfire Red Ember Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'DPWBIDCAPR'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Candybox Chilean Guava

Ugni molinae 'PI16'

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Caramel'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Dianthus caryophyllus

Full sunZones 5–91.5 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 Moonlight

Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress

Hesperocyparis glabra 'Carolina Saphire'

Full sunZones 7–943 ftLow

Carolyn Whorton Caladium

Caladium 'Carolyn Whorton'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cascade Oregon Grape

Berberis nervosa

Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate

Cat's Eye Dwarf Bearded Iris

Iris 'Cat's Eye'

Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Catalina Perfume

Ribes viburnifolium

Part shadeZones 8–103.5 ftLow

Lagerstroemia 'Catawba'

Full sunZones 7–1011 ftLow

Catherine Woodbery

Hemerocallis 'Catherine Woodbery'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cécile Brünner

Rosa 'Cécile Brünner'

Full sunZones 5–103 ftModerate

Salvia roemeriana

Part shadeZones 7–101.5 ftLow

Celandine Poppy

Chelidonium diphyllum

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Leucophyllum frutescens

Full sunZones 8–108 ftLow

Center of Attention Iris

Iris ensata 'Center of Attention'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Center Stage Coral Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'SMNLIJ'

Full sunZones 7–99 ftModerate

Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'SMNLIG'

Full sunZones 7–99 ftModerate

Center Stage Red Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'SMNLCIBF'

Full sunZones 7–99 ftLow

Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Chater's Double White

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double White'

Full sunZones 3–106 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Cherokee Princess

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Carex cherokeensis

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

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