Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
6
USDA Hardiness Zone 6
-10 to 0°F • Moderate winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 6a, 6b|Ideal for: perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees|5960 total plants
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Plants rated for Zone 6 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the -10 to 0°F range. This collection contains 5960 matching plant profiles, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
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Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Germaine's Gyration'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Tamukeyama'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Tsuma-gaki'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Red Dragon'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Oshio-beni'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Filigree'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum (Dissectum Viride Group)
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Garnet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Villa Taranto'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Waterfall'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Seiryu'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Utsu-semi'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Fall's Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Nishiki Gawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Wolff' EMPEROR I
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Inaba-shidare'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Arakawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- 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 'Ursula's Red'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Silver Falls'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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 'Burgundy Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Apple Court'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Pewter Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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 parsley
Cryptotaenia japonica f. Atropurpurea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Shojo'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Prelude'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Red Mill'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica DODD'S CRYSTAL CASCADE FALLS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Plania' YEWTOPIA
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- 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 quince
Chaenomeles japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- 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 'Jane Kluis'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- 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 shield fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Tomentosum 'Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Plicatum 'Popcorn'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Plicatum 'Pink Sensation'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum 'Newzam' NEWPORT
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus 'Carillon'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- 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
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Lisp' GOLDEN PRINCESS
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Froebelii'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Gold Mound'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Walbuma' MAGIC CARPET
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Yan' DOUBLE PLAY GOLD
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spurge
Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese stewartia
Stewartia pseudocamellia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese sweetspire
Itea japonica 'Beppu'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese sweetspire
Itea japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese thimbleweed
Anemone hupehensis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese toad lily
Tricyrtis hirta
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese tree lilac
Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese tree lilac
Syringa reticulata
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese turtlehead
Chelonopsis yagiharana
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese water iris
Iris ensata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese white birch
Betula platyphylla
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese white pine
Pinus parviflora 'Adcock's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to dry
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USDA Hardiness Zone 6 experiences winter minimum temperatures between-10 to 0°F. This collection includes 5960 plants specifically suited for Zone 6 conditions, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
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