Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part 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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Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Ryan Gainey'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA1' INVINCIBELLE SPIRIT
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo' INCREDIBALL
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2' INVINCIBELLE SPIRIT II
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA4' INCREDIBALL BLUSH
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA5' INVINCIBELLE WEE WHITE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'SMHAMWM' SEASIDE SERENADE BAR HARBOR
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens LIL ANNIE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha7' INVINCIBELLE MINI MAUVETTE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth phlox
Phlox glaberrima
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Smooth yellow violet
Viola pubescens var. Eriocarpa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Snake's head fritillary
Fritillaria meleagris
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Bruno'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Zimbelstern'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Sombrero'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sneezewort
Achillea ptarmica (The Pearl Group)
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sneezewort
Achillea ptarmica 'Gipi Whit' GYPSY WHITE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Snow crocus
Crocus chrysanthus 'Snowbunting'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snow crocus
Crocus tommasinianus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snow crocus
Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snow crocus
Crocus chrysanthus 'Goldilocks'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snow crocus
Crocus chrysanthus 'Advance'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snow on the mountain
Euphorbia marginata
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Snow-in-summer
Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo Yo'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Snow-in-summer
Cerastium tomentosum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Snow-in-summer
Cerastium tomentosum 'Olympia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridi-apice'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Snowdrop
Galanthus ikariae
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Soapwort
Saponaria × lempergii 'Max Frei'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Soapwort
Saponaria officinalis 'Flore Pleno'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Solitary clematis
Clematis integrifolia 'Caerulea'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Solitary clematis
Clematis integrifolia 'Rose Colored Glasses'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Solitary clematis
Clematis integrifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Solomon's seal
Polygonatum odoratum var. Pluriflorum 'Variegatum'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Solomon's seal
Polygonatum odoratum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Solomon's seal
Polygonatum biflorum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Soy bean
Glycine max
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Rose Queen'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'White City'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'White Triumphator'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Excelsior'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Rosabella'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Species daffodil
Narcissus poeticus var. Recurvus
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Blue Charm'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Rotfuchs' RED FOX
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Glory' ROYAL CANDLES
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Blue Bouquet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea nipponica var. Tosaensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea × vanhouttei
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Mondragon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Tricollet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Flyer'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Colorama'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Mary Gay Lirette'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Dellam' GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Elisabeth de Haas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Cosmopolitan'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted phlox
Phlox maculata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring beauty
Claytonia virginica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Jeanne d'Arc'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Remembrance'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Striped Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum perforatum 'Topas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina 'Dissecta'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Peach Petal Pie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Stealing Home'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Sun Doll'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Ballet Lesson'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Cocoa Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Kiwi Slices'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Wavelength'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard dwarf bearded iris
Iris 'Being Busy'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium erythrostictum 'Mediovariegatum'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude' AUTUMN JOY
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium 'Vera Jameson'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Purple Emperor'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephium 'Matrona'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Rosy Glow'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Garnet Brocade'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'African Sunset'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephium 'Blackjack'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- 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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