Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'Bluebird'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 4
-30 to -20°F • Cold winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 4a, 4b|Ideal for: cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers|3680 total plants
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Plants rated for Zone 4 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the -30 to -20°F range. This collection contains 3680 matching plant profiles, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans 'St. Louis'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian hemp
Apocynum cannabinum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Indian paintbrush
Castilleja coccinea
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Indian physic
Gillenia trifoliata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Inkberry
Ilex glabra 'Compacta'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Inkberry
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Inland New Jersey tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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
Iris
Iris pallida 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Iris
Iris × robusta 'Gerald Darby'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ironweed
Vernonia missurica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ironweed
Vernonia 'Southern Cross'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii 'Iron Butterfly'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
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
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium caeruleum 'Snow and Sapphires'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium 'Bressingham Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium caeruleum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Kobold'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis 'Tara' EMERALD CAROUSEL
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Royal Cloak'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Atropurpurea Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Bagatelle'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Helmond Pillar'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Rose Glow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Talago' SUNJOY GOLD BERET
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Harlequin'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Maria' SUNJOY GOLD PILLAR
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Golden Ring'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Gentry' ROYAL BURGUNDY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Pygruzam' PYGMY RUBY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese chestnut
Castanea crenata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese crabapple
Malus floribunda
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pincushion'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Intermedia'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Tsukumo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Curly Tops'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Thread'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Kost Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hemlock
Tsuga diversifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese hornbeam
Carpinus japonica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Albescens'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Picta'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Simplex'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi 'Diana'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi 'Stiff Weeping'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Sophora japonica 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Sophora japonica 'Regent'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Styphnolobium japonicum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium 'Branford Rambler'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- 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 var. Pictum 'Wildwood Twist'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Red Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium 'Silver Slippers'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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 quince
Chaenomeles japonica var. Alpina
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Globosa'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese red pine
Pinus densiflora 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- 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 spikenard
Aralia cordata 'Sun King'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Crispa'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Lemon Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Limemound'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Norman'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Golden Elf'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 4 experiences winter minimum temperatures between-30 to -20°F. This collection includes 3680 plants specifically suited for Zone 4 conditions, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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