Hardiness zone

Plants for zone 3

485 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 3, with bloom times, sunlight, and water needs. Pick plants that will reliably overwinter where you garden.

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Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

Full sunZones 2–72.6 ftLow

Narcissus 'Actaea'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Scilla luciliae 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'

Part shadeZones 3–92.3 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Pötschke'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–84 inModerate

Phlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Full sunZones 2–75.9 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Amethyst'

Part shadeZones 3–82.6 ftHigh

Tulipa 'Angelique'

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Part sunZones 3–94.9 ftModerate

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Apricot Delight

Achillea millefolium 'Apricot Delight'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Apricot Sparkles

Hemerocallis 'Apricot Sparkles'

Full sunZones 3–91.3 ftModerate

Thuja occidentalis

Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate

Arizona Apricot

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot'

Full sunZones 3–91.1 ftLow

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'

Full sunZones 3–91.1 ftLow

Viburnum dentatum

Full sunZones 3–88.2 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–83.3 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Delphinium 'Astolat'

Full sunZones 3–74.9 ftModerate

Astra Double Blue

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Double Blue'

Full sunZones 3–810 inModerate

Hosta 'August Moon'

Part shadeZones 3–91.6 ftModerate

Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'

Full sunZones 3–72 ftLow

Hylotelephium 'Autumn Fire'

Full sunZones 3–91.6 ftLow

Autumn Joy Sedum

Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'

Full sunZones 3–91.6 ftLow

Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'

Full sunZones 2–720 ftModerate

Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.3 ftLow

Tulipa 'Ballerina'

Full sunZones 3–81.8 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Paeonia 'Bartzella'

Full sunZones 3–82.6 ftModerate

Aurinia saxatilis

Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftModerate

Beauty of Moscow

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Full sunZones 3–79.8 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Part sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'

Full sunZones 3–98.2 ftHigh

Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'

Full sunZones 3–93.9 ftHigh

Big Sky Sunset Coneflower

Echinacea 'Sunset'

Full sunZones 3–93.9 ftLow

Bird's Nest Spruce

Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

Full sunZones 3–73.3 ftModerate

Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'

Full sunZones 2–112.6 ftLow

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.3 ftModerate

Delphinium 'Black Knight'

Full sunZones 3–74.9 ftModerate

Tulipa 'Black Parrot'

Full sunZones 3–81.6 ftModerate

Black-Eyed Susan

Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftLow

Viburnum prunifolium

Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–101.6 ftLow

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'

Full sunZones 3–93.3 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.3 ftModerate

Bloomerang Purple

Syringa 'Bloomerang Purple'

Full sunZones 3–74.9 ftModerate

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate

Delphinium 'Blue Bird'

Full sunZones 3–74.9 ftModerate

Scilla forbesii

Full sunZones 3–86 inModerate

Blue Globe Onion

Allium caeruleum

Full sunZones 3–92 ftModerate

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