Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 4
1348 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 1,348 plants, 1,164 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.

Wine & Roses
Weigela florida 'Wine & Roses'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Winecraft Black
Cotinus coggygria 'NCCO1'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftLow

Winged Sumac
Rhus copallinum
Full sunZones 4–911 ftModerate
FoliageWinter Gem
Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Winter Gold
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Winter King Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
Full sunZones 4–725 ftModerate

Winter Red
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Witch Hazel
Hamamelis
Part sunZones 3–810 ftModerate

Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Wood's Blue
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Blue'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Wood's Pink
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Pink'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Wood's Purple
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Purple'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Wood's Sedge
Carex woodii
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
Part shadeZones 3–84 ftModerate

Woods' Rose
Rosa woodsii
Full sunZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Woodstock
Hyacinthus 'Woodstock'
Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftHigh

Yankee Doodle
Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Yarrow
Achillea
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Foxglove
Digitalis grandiflora
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Mammoth
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

Young Lady
Cotinus coggygria 'Young Lady'
Full sunZones 4–86 ftLow

Zagreb
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
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