Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
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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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Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Munchkin'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise' PRAIRIE WINDS
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little hogweed
Portulaca oleracea
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little pickles
Othonna capensis
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Little sweet Betsy
Trillium cuneatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Little volcano bush clover
Lespedeza thunbergii subsp. Thunbergii 'Little Volcano'
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Little-leaf linden
Tilia cordata 'Chancellor'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Little-leaf linden
Tilia cordata
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Littleflower alumroot
Heuchera parviflora var. Puberula
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Littleflower alumroot
Heuchera parviflora
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Lizard's tail
Saururus chinensis
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Lobelia
Lobelia 'La Fresco'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Lobelia
Lobelia 'Purple Towers'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Lobelia
Lobelia × gerardii 'Vedrariensis'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Lobelia
Lobelia × speciosa STARSHIP SCARLET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Loblolly pine
Pinus taeda
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Log fern
Dryopteris celsa
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
London plane tree
Platanus × acerifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Long leaf speedwell
Veronica longifolia 'Blue John'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Long leaf speedwell
Veronica longifolia 'Blauriesin' BLUE GIANTESS
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Long leaf speedwell
Veronica longifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Longiflorum-Asiatic lily
Lilium 'Royal Sunset'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Longiflorum-Asiatic lily
Lilium 'Algarve'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Longiflorum-Asiatic lily
Lilium 'White Tycoon'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Longiflorum-Asiatic lily
Lilium 'Orange Tycoon'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Longiflorum-trumpet lily
Lilium 'Zanlophator' TRIUMPHATOR
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Longspike tridens
Tridens strictus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Longstalk holly
Ilex pedunculosa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Loosestrife
Lysimachia atropurpurea 'Beaujolais'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Louisiana iris
Iris 'Black Gamecock'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Louisiana iris
Iris 'Professor Neil'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Lovage
Levisticum officinale
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Love-lies-bleeding
Amaranthus caudatus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes 'Bend'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Lovegrass
Eragrostis elliottii 'Wind Dancer'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Lowland fragile fern
Cystopteris protrusa
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Luiang spruce
Picea likiangensis
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Berries and Cream'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Coral Springs'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Excalibur'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Roy Davidson'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Silver Streamers'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria officinalis 'White Wings'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria longifolia 'Bertram Anderson'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Leopard'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Smoky Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Victorian Brooch'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Majesté'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Lewis Palmer'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'May Bouquet'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Cotton Cool'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Trevi Fountain'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Moonshine'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Baby Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Irish Spring' GAELIC SPRING
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria 'Mountain Magic' GAELIC MAGIC
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lupine
Lupinus × hybrida
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lupine
Lupinus 'The Governor'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lupine
Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lycoris
Lycoris sanguinea
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lycoris
Lycoris sprengeri
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Lycoris
Lycoris chinensis
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lycoris
Lycoris caldwellii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lyonia
Lyonia ovalifolia var. Elliptica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Maackia
Maackia amurensis
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Maackia
Maackia chinensis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Macedonia scabious
Knautia macedonica MELTON PASTELS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Mad-dog scullcap
Scutellaria lateriflora
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Madwort
Alyssum wulfenianum 'Golden Spring'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Ann'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Elizabeth'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Galaxy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Gold Star'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata var. Subcordata 'Miss Honeybee'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Randy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Yellow Fever'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Yellow Lantern'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Betty'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Ricki'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × brooklynensis 'Woodsman'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri 'Ballerina'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri 'Merrill'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri 'Spring Joy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × wieseneri
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri 'Powder Puff'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Magnolia
Magnolia 'Solar Flair'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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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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