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.

Brilliantina Abelia

Abelia × grandiflora 'Keyfly'

Full sunZones 6–93.5 ftModerate

Encelia farinosa

Full sunZones 7–93 ftLow

Broadleaf Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium

Full sunZones 5–94 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bronze Beauty Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Conthery'

Part shadeZones 7–109 ftModerate

Full sunZones 9–1110 inLow

Chrysanthemum 'Bronze'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

Full sunZones 7–1039 ftModerate

Buckhead Bold Distylium

Distylium buxifolium 'ZhDis12-16'

Full sunZones 7–95.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Bunny Blue Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow

Chrysanthemum 'Burgundy'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

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

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Buddleia davidii

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Butterfly Marguerite Daisy

Argyranthemum 'Butterfly'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

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 Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

Full sunZones 7–957 ftModerate

California Wild Grape

Vitis californica

Full sunZones 7–1025 ftModerate

Part sunZones 8–102.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campfire Marshmallow Bidens

Bidens hybrid 'Campfire Marshmallow'

Full sunZones 8–111 ftLow

Campfire Red Ember Bidens

Bidens ferulifolia 'DPWBIDCAPR'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Candybox Chilean Guava

Ugni molinae 'PI16'

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

Full sunZones 4–102.5 ftModerate

Canyon Penstemon

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Full sunZones 5–103 ftLow

Canyon Prince Wild Rye

Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'

Full sunZones 7–104 ftLow

Heuchera 'Caramel'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–104 ftModerate

Dianthus caryophyllus

Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus

Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carolina Buckthorn

Frangula caroliniana

Part shadeZones 5–912 ftModerate

Carolina Cherry Laurel

Prunus caroliniana

Full sunZones 7–1025 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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