Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 4
1239 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 4, 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 1,239 plants, 982 have been checked against outside sources (57 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Tiger Eyes Sumac
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger'
Full sunZones 4–86 ftLow

Tiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats

Tiny Rubies
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tiny Wine
Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW'
Full sunZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Toad Lily
Tricyrtis
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Tomato Soup
Echinacea 'Tomato Soup'
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow

Tranquilite Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo111'
Part shadeZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tricolor
Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Trumpet Lily
Lilium
Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate

Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Tulip
Tulipa
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate

Turkestan Onion
Allium karataviense
Full sunZones 3–912 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Turkish Sage
Phlomis russeliana
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

Twilight Zone
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Twilight Zone'
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

Valentine
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'
Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Valerie Finnis
Muscari armeniacum 'Valerie Finnis'
Full sunZones 4–87 inLow

Vanilla Spice
Clethra alnifolia 'Caleb'
Part shadeZones 3–95 ftHigh

Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Renhy'
Full sunZones 4–87 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Variegata
Weigela florida 'Variegata'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Variegated Japanese Water Iris
Iris ensata 'Variegata'
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageVeitchii
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii'
Part sunZones 4–826 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Veronica
Veronica spicata
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Viburnum
Viburnum
Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Vicki Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo114'
Part shadeZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ville de Lyon
Clematis 'Ville de Lyon'
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Violet Beauty
Scilla 'Violet Beauty'
Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Violet Riot
Salvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'
Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

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

Viridapice
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'
Part shadeZones 3–76 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Visions
Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftHigh

Walker's Low
Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Wargrave Pink
Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Waterlily
Colchicum 'Waterlily'
Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Wedding Party
Helleborus × hybridus 'Wedding Party'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Wedgwood Blue
Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgwood Blue'
Full sunZones 3–75.5 ftModerate
FoliageWeeping Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis 'Sargentii'
Part shadeZones 3–710 ftModerate
FoliageWeeping Norway Spruce
Picea abies 'Pendula'
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
FoliageWeeping White Pine
Pinus strobus 'Pendula'
Full sunZones 3–810 ftModerate
FoliageWeeping Willow
Salix babylonica
Full sunZones 4–939 ftHigh

Weigela
Weigela florida
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 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

White Canterbury Bells
Campanula medium
Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

White Clover
Trifolium repens
Full sunZones 3–104 inModerate

White Columbine
Aquilegia
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

White Delight
Phlox subulata 'White Delight'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

White Flame
Phlox paniculata 'White Flame'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate

White Knight
Weigela florida 'White Knight'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

White Larkspur
Consolida ajacis
Full sunZones 2–113 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Lights
Rhododendron 'White Lights'
Part shadeZones 4–74 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

White Muscari
Muscari botryoides 'Album'
Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
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