Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 9
1469 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 9, 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 1,469 plants, 1,230 have been checked against outside sources (66 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum 'Baby Joe'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Bachelor's Button
Centaurea cyanus
Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Bacopa
Chaenostoma cordatum
Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Balboa Sunset Heuchera
Heuchera 'DOHEUGABECI'
Part sunZones 4–98 inModerate
FoliageBald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh

Balmy Purple
Monarda didyma 'Balbalmurp'
Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate

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

Bandana Cherry
Lantana 'Bandana Cherry'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bandana Pink
Lantana 'Bandana Pink'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bandana Rose
Lantana 'Bandana Rose'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

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

Bauer's Cordyline
Cordyline 'Baueri'
Full sunZones 9–118 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

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

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

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

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

Beryl Bach
Rosa 'Hartesia'
Full sunZones 6–93 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 Sky Sunset Coneflower
Echinacea 'Sunset'
Full sunZones 3–94 ftLow

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black Diamond Red Hot
Lagerstroemia 'Black Diamond Red Hot'
Full sunZones 7–911 ftLow
FoliageBlack Dragon Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon'
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate

Black Knight
Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight'
Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow
FoliageBlack Magic
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'
Part sunZones 8–114 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Kokuryū'
Part sunZones 6–912 inModerate

Black Star
Gladiolus 'Black Star'
Full sunZones 8–104 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black Star Calla
Zantedeschia 'Schwarzwalder'
Part sunZones 8–102 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Blackberry Merlot Hibiscus
Hibiscus 'Blackberry Merlot'
Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Full sunZones 4–1112 inLow

Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
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