Hosta
Hosta venusta
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
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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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Hosta
Hosta ventricosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Wolverine'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Ivory'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Designer Genes'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Wheee!'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Hasta Manana'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Arc de Triomphe'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'White Feather'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full Shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Komodo Dragon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Fog Light'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Fragrant Fire'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
House leek
Sempervivum tectorum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Hybrid rugosa rose
Rosa 'Hansa'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hybrid rugosa rose
Rosa 'Morten' LINDA CAMPBELL
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hybrid rugosa rose
Rosa 'Sir Thomas Lipton'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hybrid rugosa rose
Rosa 'Thérèse Bugnet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hybrid wichurana rose
Rosa 'Bobbie James'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hylotelephium
Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Hylotelephium
Hylotelephium spectabile 'Ruby Jewel'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Hylotelephium
Hylotelephium spectabile 'Neon'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Hylotelephium
Hylotelephium spectabile
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Imperial honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos f. Inermis 'Impcole' IMPERIAL
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Indian blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Intermediate iris
Iris 'Az Ap'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Interrupted fern
Osmunda claytoniana
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Italian parsley
Petroselinum crispum var. Neapolitanum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jack pine
Pinus banksiana 'Uncle Fogy'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jack pine
Pinus banksiana
- USDA zones
- 2–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium 'Bressingham Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Alice Verkade'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese rose
Rosa rugosa 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Limemound'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Walbuma' MAGIC CARPET
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese tree lilac
Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese tree lilac
Syringa reticulata
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium dubium 'Baby Joe'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Intrigue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Joseph's coat
Amaranthus tricolor (vegetable group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jostaberry
Ribes × nidigrolaria
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Armstrongii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) 'Redbor'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kaufmanniana tulip
Tulipa 'Ancilla'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis (group)
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kentucky coffee tree
Gymnocladus dioicus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kordesii rose
Rosa 'Champlain'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kordesii rose
Rosa 'William Baffin'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Labrador violet
Viola labradorica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina 'Fancy Fronds'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lady slipper
Cypripedium kentuckiense
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Lady tulip
Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lady tulip
Tulipa clusiana 'Cynthia'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lady tulip
Tulipa clusiana var. Chrysantha
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis 'Thriller'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ladybells
Adenophora 'Amethyst'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Large yellow foxglove
Digitalis grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Carlton'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Ceylon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Daydream'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Fortissimo'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Ice Follies'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Juanita'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Manon Lescaut'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Slim Whitman'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Passionale'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Professor Einstein'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Sportsman'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Vintage Rose'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Wild Carnival'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Tangent'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Loch Hope'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Euphonic Grace'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'American Lakes'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Monal'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Chromacolor'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Icelandic Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Red Aria'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Sonar'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Billy Graham'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Blues'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Polbathic'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Premiere'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Ambergate'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Pink Charm'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Large-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Ring of Fire'
- 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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