African marigold
Tagetes erecta
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
3
USDA Hardiness Zone 3
-40 to -30°F • Extremely cold winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 3a, 3b|Ideal for: cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers|1850 total plants
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What grows in USDA Zone 3?
Plants rated for Zone 3 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the -40 to -30°F range. This collection contains 1850 matching plant profiles, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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Alcock's spruce
Picea alcoquiana 'Howell's Tigertail'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alcock's spruce
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Ron Williams'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Asplenifolia'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Columnaris'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder-leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Allegheny monkey flower
Mimulus ringens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Alpine currant
Ribes alpinum 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alpine currant
Ribes alpinum
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alps yarrow
Achillea distans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Alum root
Heuchera richardsonii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Dark Green'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Dorsett Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Not recorded
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Ericoides'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Lutea'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Frost'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Techny'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Tiny Tim'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Yellow Ribbon'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Little Gem'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis (Aurea Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sudwelli'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Gold Drop'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Wansdyke Silver'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Wareana Lutescens'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Danica'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Skinner Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Klmeighteen' PATRIOT
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Art Boe' NORTH POLE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Bobozam' MR. BOWLING BALL
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Filip's Magic Moment'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American aspen
Populus tremuloides
- USDA zones
- 1–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American blue vervain
Verbena hastata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum 'Milk and Cookies'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. Americanum
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American elder
Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American elderberry
Sambucus canadensis 'Laciniata'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Princeton'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana 'Redmond'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American liverwort
Hepatica americana
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
American mountain ash
Sorbus americana
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American spikenard
Aralia racemosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amur cork tree
Phellodendron amurense
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amur lilac
Syringa reticulata subsp. Amurensis
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Amur maple
Acer tataricum subsp. Ginnala 'Flame'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amur maple
Acer tataricum subsp. Ginnala 'Mandy' RED RHAPSODY
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amur maple
Acer tataricum subsp. Ginnala
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amur privet
Ligustrum amurense
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Appalachian black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. Umbrosa
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Arrowwood viburnum
Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior' AUTUMN JAZZ
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Arrowwood viburnum
Viburnum dentatum 'Christom' BLUE MUFFIN
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Arrowwood viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Arugula
Eruca versicaria subsp. Sativa
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Asian greens
Brassica rapa (Asian Greens Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Asian white birch
Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Asiatic lily
Lilium 'Tiny Pearl'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis 'Jersey Knight'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis 'Mary Washington'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe × arendsii 'Irrlicht'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe 'Radius'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Austrian pine
Pinus nigra subsp. Laricio 'Globosa Viridis'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn stonecrop
Sedum 'Mr. Goodbud'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Azure monkshood
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azure monkshood
Aconitum carmichaelii var. Angustius
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Compacta Plena'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Perfekta'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Viette's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Danfestar' FESTIVAL STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Hakone Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Misato Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Komachi'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3 experiences winter minimum temperatures between-40 to -30°F. This collection includes 1850 plants specifically suited for Zone 3 conditions, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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