Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to 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
Zone 3 quick answer
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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Prairie everlasting
Antennaria neglecta
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Prairie onion
Allium stellatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie sedge
Carex bicknellii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prairie smoke
Geum triflorum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prickly poppy
Argemone polyanthemos
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Proso millet
Panicum miliaceum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prostrate speedwell
Veronica prostrata 'Buttercup'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pruhonicensis hybrid primula
Primula 'Wanda'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria longifolia subsp. Cevennensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'White Lustre'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Cygnet White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Finale White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Mop Head'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'The King'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' RUBY STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Little Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Leuchtstern' BRIGHT STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Lilliput'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Primadonna Deep Rose'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Raspberry Tart'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Hope'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Fatal Attraction'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Avalanche'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Meringue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Red Knee High'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Amado'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Norwhinat' WHITE NATALIE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Green Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sir Lancelot'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Doubledecker'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Lucky Star'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook' ELTON KNIGHT
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Mistral'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Virgin'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Mama Mia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Little Annie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Piccolino'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Balscblum' DOUBLE SCOOP BUBBLE GUM
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Butterfly Kisses'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple meadow parsnip
Thaspium trifoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple prairie clover
Dalea purpurea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple-flowering raspberry
Rubus odoratus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple-leaf sand cherry
Prunus × cistena
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Purple-net toadflax
Linaria reticulata
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purslane
Portulaca oleracea subsp. Sativa
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Queen of the prairie
Filipendula rubra
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Quinoa
Chenopodium quinoa
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Radish
Raphanus sativus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rampion bellflower
Campanula rapunculoides
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rapeseed
Brassica napus (Oleifera Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rat tail radish
Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium 'Prairie Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Hillspire'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Hetzii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Rovada'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Champagne Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red fescue
Festuca rubra 'Pennlawn'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Northwood'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Franksred' RED SUNSET
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red pine
Pinus resinosa
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Allemans'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Baileyi'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Hedgerows Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Farrow' ARCTIC FIRE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'KLM RR' ERIKA THE BLONDE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Neil Z' PUCKER UP
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rhubarb
Rheum × hybridum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Riddell's goldenrod
Solidago riddellii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Robin's plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rock polypody
Polypodium virginianum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to 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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