Double daffodil
Narcissus 'Meeting'
- 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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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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Downy cherry
Prunus tomentosa
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Downy willow
Salix lapponum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dropwort
Filipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Dropwort
Filipendula vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Drumstick primula
Primula denticulata 'Lilac Globe'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Drumstick primula
Primula denticulata 'Ronsdorf'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Dutch crocus
Crocus vernus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf birch
Betula 'Golden Treasure' CESKY GOLD
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf mountain pine
Pinus mugo 'Paul's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf mountain pine
Pinus mugo var. Pumilio
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf mountain pine
Pinus mugo 'Mops'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf mountain pine
Pinus mugo 'Teeny'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf Norway spruce
Picea abies 'Humphrey's Gem'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf Norway spruce
Picea abies 'Elegans'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf Norway spruce
Picea abies 'Inversa'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia var. Pumila
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dwarf yellow daylily
Hemerocallis minor
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Early goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Early goldenrod
Solidago juncea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Eastern blazingstar
Liatris scariosa var. Nieuwlandii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Eastern coneflower
Echinacea 'Snow Cone'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Eastern hop hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern pasqueflower
Pulsatilla patens
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Eastern wahoo
Euonymus atropurpureus
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Brevifolia Densa'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Contorta'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Horsford'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Macopin'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Paul Waxman'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus (Nana Group)
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa 'Smnsrd4' LEMONY LACE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Elecampane
Inula helenium
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Engelmann spruce
Picea engelmannii
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
English ryegrass
Lolium perenne 'Manhattan'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
English walnut
Juglans regia
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Eryngo
Eryngium alpinum
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
European alder
Alnus glutinosa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
European cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
European cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus 'Nanum'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
European cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
European larch
Larix decidua
- USDA zones
- 2–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
False aster
Boltonia asteroides
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
False gromwell
Onosmodium molle
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
False indigo
Baptisia bracteata
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
False lily of the valley
Maianthemum bifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
False rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
False Solomon's seal
Maianthemum racemosum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
False Solomon's seal
Maianthemum stellatum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
False spiraea
Sorbaria sorbifolia
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
False spiraea
Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
False sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Prairie Sunset'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fan columbine
Aquilegia flabellata var. Pumila 'Silver Edge'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fan columbine
Aquilegia flabellata var. Pumila 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Feather celosia
Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group) 'New Look'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Feather celosia
Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group) 'Sylphid'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fern-leaf yarrow
Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fern-leaf yarrow
Achillea filipendulina 'Parker's Variety'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fern-leaf yarrow
Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Coin Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fern-leaf yarrow
Achillea filipendulina
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fernleaf peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Raspberry Sundae'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fernleaf peony
Paeonia 'Itopa Shakuyaki'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fescue
Festuca arundinacea WATER SAVER
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Floss flower
Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Floss flower
Ageratum houstonianum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Flower of an hour
Hibiscus trionum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Flowering almond
Prunus triloba 'Multiplex'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Foam flower
Tiarella 'Skeleton Key'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' AUTUMN BLAZE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Marmo'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Scarsen' SCARLET SENTINEL
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
French marigold
Tagetes patula
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Strawberry Blonde'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fringed pink
Dianthus superbus 'Crimsonia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fringed sedge
Carex crinita
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Garden balsam
Impatiens balsamina
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden pea
Pisum sativum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Holland'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Barten' LILAC FLAME
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden pinks
Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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