Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fairy Snow'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to 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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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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Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus POP STAR WHITE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea 'Jamy'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Basil
Ocimum × citriodorum 'Pesto Perpetuo'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica 'Morton'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bearded penstemon
Penstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bearded penstemon
Penstemon barbatus subsp. Coccineus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Prairie Fire'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Dark Towers'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Blackbeard'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearls'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beech fern
Phegopteris connectilis
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beet
Beta vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beet
Beta vulgaris (Garden Beet Group) 'Bull's Blood'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula bononiensis
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bethlehem sage
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Janet Fisk'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bethlehem sage
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bighead knapweed
Centaurea macrocephala
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bigroot geranium
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Birch
Betula 'Royal Frost'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bird cherry
Prunus avium
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bird cherry
Prunus padus
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bitter cress
Cardamine pratensis
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bitter switchgrass
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Estland'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa var. Elata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton' IROQUOIS BEAUTY
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Professor Ed'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM012' GROUND HOG
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Black currant
Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black gum
Nyssa sylvatica
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black hellebore
Helleborus niger
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black oak
Quercus velutina
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black poplar
Populus nigra 'Italica'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black spruce
Picea mariana 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. Sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi' VIETTE'S LITTLE SUZY
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Early Bird Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cappuccino'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'City Garden'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Spring'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. Sullivantii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia 'Glitters Like Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blackhaw viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia aristata 'Bijou'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgunder'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Tokajer'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Sun Devil'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Kobold Original'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris ligulistylis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris aspera
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris scariosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'Adrian Bloom'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'Luxuriant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'King of Hearts'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra eximia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'John Elsley'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Little Bead'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Alan Bloom'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody geranium
Geranium sanguineum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue bugloss
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue false indigo
Baptisia australis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue false indigo
Baptisia australis var. Minor
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue flag
Iris versicolor 'Whodunit'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
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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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