Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 8
1903 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 8, 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 1,903 plants, 1,490 have been checked against outside sources (93 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Sarah Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia 'Sarah'
Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Satomi Kousa
Cornus kousa 'Satomi'
Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
Full sunZones 4–923 ftModerate

Saucy Seduction
Achillea millefolium 'Saucy Seduction'
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Savannah
Rosa 'Korvioros'
Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Scarlet Fire
Rosa 'Scarlet Fire'
Full sunZones 5–106.5 ftModerate

Scarlet Flame
Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Scarletta Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid'
Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scentsation Honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation'
Full sunZones 4–913 ftModerate

Scintillation
Rhododendron 'Scintillation'
Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Screaming Yellow
Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'
Full sunZones 5–83 ftLow
FoliageSea Green Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green'
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow

Sea Holly
Eryngium
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow

Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Sensation Rose
Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'
Full sunZones 4–81 ftLow
FoliageSensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Sentimental Blue
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'
Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Setsugekka
Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'
Part shadeZones 7–97 ftModerate

Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate

Shadowland Autumn Frost
Hosta 'Autumn Frost'
Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Shamrock Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Shantung Maple
Acer truncatum
Full sunZones 4–824 ftModerate

Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageShawnee Brave
Taxodium distichum 'Shawnee Brave'
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh

Sheffield Pink
Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Shenandoah
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftLow

Shirley Temple
Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Show Off
Forsythia × intermedia 'Show Off'
Full sunZones 5–85.5 ftModerate

Showy Crocus
Colchicum speciosum
Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Shropshire Lad Rose
Rosa 'Shropshire Lad'
Full sunZones 5–116 ftModerate

Shrub Rose
Rosa
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Siberian Iris
Iris sibirica
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Siberian Squill
Scilla siberica
Full sunZones 2–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow

Sienna Sunset
Coreopsis 'Sienna Sunset'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow

Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate

Silver Bells
Ornithogalum nutans
Part sunZones 6–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
FoliageSilver Scrolls
Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Sioux
Lagerstroemia 'Sioux'
Full sunZones 7–917 ftLow

Sir Winston Churchill
Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Six Hills Giant
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Sixteen Candles
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
FoliageSkyrocket Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
Full sunZones 3–916 ftLow

Slender Deutzia
Deutzia gracilis
Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate
FoliageSlender Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate

Smokebush
Cotinus coggygria
Full sunZones 4–810 ftLow

Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs

Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate

Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Snow Bunting
Crocus chrysanthus 'Snow Bunting'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snow Candles
Veronica 'Snow Candles'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Snow Flurry
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Full sunZones 3–88 inLow
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