Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 8
2120 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 2,120 plants, 1,822 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.

Banana Cream
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Banana Cream'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bananappeal Anise Tree
Illicium parviflorum 'PIIIP-I'
Part shadeZones 7–92.5 ftModerate
FoliageBar Harbor Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea barbara 'Barbara Ann'
Part shadeZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Barbara Mitchell Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Barbara Mitchell'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Barrenwort
Epimedium
Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate

Bartzella
Paeonia 'Bartzella'
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bath's Pink
Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'
Full sunZones 3–910 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bathsheba Rose
Rosa 'Auschimbley'
Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis
Part sunZones 8–1016 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera 'JBG 1000'
Full sunZones 7–1011 ftModerate

Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
Full sunZones 4–98 inLow

Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
Full sunZones 5–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bearded Iris
Iris germanica
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beautyberry
Callicarpa
Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Becky
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Becky'
Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Beekeeper Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Minigold'
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Bela Lugosi
Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi'
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Believer Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum 'Yobeliever'
Full sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Belle Étoile
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Belleza Dark Pink Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri 'KLEAU04263'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow

Bengal Tiger
Canna 'Bengal Tiger'
Full sunZones 7–106 ftHigh
FoliageBeni-Kaze
Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-Kaze'
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Bergenia
Bergenia
Part sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Bernadine Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo061'
Part shadeZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Awesome
Hibiscus 'Berry Awesome'
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh

Berry Box Pyracomeles
× Pyracomeles 'NCXP2'
Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Berry Heavy
Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'
Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Poppins
Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'
Full sunZones 3–94 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Berry Scape Aronia
Aronia arbutifolia 'UCONNAA001'
Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate
FoliageBerry Smoothie
Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Berry White Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba'
Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beryl Bach
Rosa 'Hartesia'
Full sunZones 6–93 ftModerate

Betsy Ross Lilac
Syringa 'Betsy Ross'
Full sunZones 5–89.5 ftModerate

Betty Magnolia
Magnolia 'Betty'
Full sunZones 4–813 ftModerate

Beverly Sills Reblooming Bearded Iris
Iris 'Beverly Sills'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beyond Midnight Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'CT-9-12'
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Bidens
Bidens ferulifolia
Full sunZones 8–1112 inLow

Big Blue Lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Part shadeZones 5–101.5 ftModerate

Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow

Big Daddy Hosta
Hosta 'Big Daddy'
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftLow

Big Sky Sunset Coneflower
Echinacea 'Sunset'
Full sunZones 3–94 ftLow

Bigfoot Cleyera
Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Sotall'
Part shadeZones 7–1015 ftModerate

Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Bigleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
Part sunZones 5–95 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bigtooth Maple
Acer grandidentatum
Full sunZones 5–835 ftModerate

Bijou Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo030'
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Biokovo
Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
Part sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Bishop of Llandaff
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'
Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bishop's Children
Dahlia 'Bishop's Children'
Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bixby Azalea
Rhododendron 'Bixby'
Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blaauws Pink Azalea
Rhododendron 'Blaauw's Pink'
Full sunZones 5–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Adder Agastache
Agastache 'Black Adder'
Full sunZones 6–112 ftLow

Black Ball
Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'
Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Black Barlow
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow'
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Black Beauty Elderberry
Sambucus nigra 'Gerda'
Full sunZones 4–810 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
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