Hardiness zone

Plants for zone 3

713 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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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 713 plants, 609 have been checked against outside sources (26 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

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Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Scilla 'Violet Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Virginia Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Rosa virginiana

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Full sunZones 3–98 inModerate

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'

Part shadeZones 3–76 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgwood Blue'

Full sunZones 3–75.5 ftModerate

Weeping Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Sargentii'

Part shadeZones 3–710 ftModerate

Weeping Norway Spruce

Picea abies 'Pendula'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Weeping White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Pendula'

Full sunZones 3–810 ftModerate

Western Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum aleuticum

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Western Sand Cherry

Prunus pumila var. besseyi

Full sunZones 3–64.5 ftModerate

Western Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

Full sunZones 2–918 ftModerate

White Annual Phlox

Phlox drummondii

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

White Bachelor's Button

Centaurea cyanus

Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Trifolium repens

Full sunZones 3–104 inModerate

White Columbine

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Phlox subulata 'White Delight'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate

Consolida ajacis

Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Meadowsweet

Spiraea alba var. latifolia

Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Muscari botryoides 'Album'

Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

White Ornamental Kale

Brassica oleracea

Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate

Dianthus 'White'

Full sunZones 3–910 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scilla siberica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 3–86 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

White Triumphator

Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Turtlehead

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh

White Wild Indigo

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Achillea millefolium

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Wide Brim'

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Monarda fistulosa

Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Geranium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sunZones 3–810 ftModerate

Witherod Viburnum

Viburnum cassinoides

Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Phlox divaricata

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Woodland Sunflower

Helianthus divaricatus

Part shadeZones 3–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crocus flavus 'Yellow Mammoth'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Trout Lily

Erythronium americanum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Zigzag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

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