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.

Brilliant Sedum

Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Brilliantina Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Keyfly'

Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Bristleleaf Sedge

Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate

Encelia farinosa

Full sunZones 7–93 ftLow

Broadleaf Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium

Full sunZones 5–94 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brome-Like Sedge

Carex bromoides

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Bronze Beauty Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Conthery'

Part shadeZones 7–109 ftModerate

Chrysanthemum 'Bronze'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bronze Wave Coral Bells

Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Geranium 'Brookside'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Brouwers Beauty Pieris

Pieris 'Brouwer's Beauty'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Brunette Bugbane

Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'

Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brunner 'Jack Frost'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunner 'Silver Heart'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

Full sunZones 7–1039 ftModerate

Bubble Up Beautyberry

Callicarpa japonica 'SMNCJLIEP'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Ditomfra'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Bubbly Wine Weigela

Weigela florida 'FLORACLAR'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Buckhead Bold Distylium

Distylium buxifolium 'ZhDis12-16'

Full sunZones 7–95.5 ftModerate

Buckley's Quill Mock Orange

Philadelphus 'Buckley's Quill'

Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Bouteloua dactyloides

Full sunZones 4–88 inLow

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Bunny Blue Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Quercus macrocarpa

Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Chrysanthemum 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Burkwood Osmanthus

Osmanthus × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 6–88 ftModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burning Love Japanese Leucothoe

Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal 50'

Part shadeZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Carpenteria californica

Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow

Anatherum glomeratum

Full sunZones 7–94.5 ftHigh

Butter Rum Tickseed

Coreopsis 'Butter Rum'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Buttered Popcorn Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Buttered Popcorn'

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Butterflies Magnolia

Magnolia 'Butterflies'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'

Part shadeZones 5–813 ftModerate

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Buddleia davidii

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Asclepias tuberosa

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

California Buckeye

Aesculus californica

Full sunZones 7–823 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica

Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Full sunZones 7–112 ftLow

California Goldenrod

Solidago velutina subsp. californica

Full sunZones 6–102.5 ftLow

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

California Meadow Sedge

Full sunZones 8–108 inModerate

California Poppy

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Cream/White)

Eschscholzia californica 'Alba'

Full sunZones 6–111 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Poppy (Rose/Pink Mix)

Eschscholzia californica 'Carmine King'

Full sunZones 6–111.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Privet

Ligustrum ovalifolium

Full sunZones 5–812 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

California Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

Full sunZones 7–957 ftModerate

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