Ohio buckeye
Aesculus glabra
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- 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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Ohio buckeye
Aesculus glabra 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ohio horsemint
Blephilia ciliata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Baby Bubba'
- USDA zones
- 2–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Old field goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Olive-leaved gromwell
Lithodora oleifolia
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Onion
Allium altaicum
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Onion
Allium cepa
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Orange stonecrop
Sedum kamtschaticum var. Floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Orchid
Galearis spectabilis
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Oregano
Origanum 'Kent Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum Crispum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum 'Hot and Spicy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum 'Bristol Cross'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Jim Best'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum vulgare
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregano
Origanum 'Drops of Jupiter'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oregon grape-holly
Mahonia japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Orienpet lily
Lilium 'American Heritage'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Orienpet lily
Lilium 'American Way'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Orienpet lily
Lilium ORANIA
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Orienpet lily
Lilium 'Touching'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis 'Elegantissima'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis 'Collen's Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental fountain grass
Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental hornbeam
Carpinus orientalis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Casa Blanca'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Miss Rio'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Muscadet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Black Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Miss Lucy'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental lily
Lilium 'Pink Heaven'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental poppy
Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental poppy
Papaver orientale 'Turkenlouis'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental poppy
Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spicebush
Lindera angustifolia
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Nigra Compacta'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Skylands'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Bergman's Gem'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Compacta'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental spruce
Picea orientalis 'Instar'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Oriental white oak
Quercus aliena
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ornamental cabbage
Brassica oleracea (Ornamental Cabbage and Kale Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ornamental cherry
Prunus serrula
- USDA zones
- 5–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Globemaster'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Purple Sensation'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Millenium'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Sugar Melt'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium giganteum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ornamental onion
Allium caeruleum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium karataviense
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium schubertii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Serendipity'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental onion
Allium 'Lavender Bubbles'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental oregano
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ornamental peach
Prunus persica 'Bonfire'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Osage orange
Maclura pomifera
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ostrich fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris subsp. Pensylvanica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ouachita Mountain goldenrod
Solidago ouachitensis
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ouachita Mountain leadplant
Amorpha ouachitensis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oval sedge
Carex leporina
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Overcup oak
Quercus lyrata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ox eye
Heliopsis helianthoides var. Scabra 'Goldgefieder' GOLDEN PLUME
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox eye
Heliopsis helianthoides var. Scabra 'Sommersonne' SUMMER SUN
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox eye
Heliopsis helianthoides var. Scabra 'Burning Hearts'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox-eye daisy
Heliopsis 'Helhan' LORAINE SUNSHINE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox-eye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare 'Maikonigin' MAY QUEEN
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox-eye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Tuscan Sun'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox-eye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides var. Scabra 'Spitzentanzerin' BALLERINA
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Ox-eye daisy
Telekia speciosa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Oxeye sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. Scabra 'Venus'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oxeye sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oxeye sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Inhelsodor' TUSCAN GOLD
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oxeye sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Fire Twister'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Oyama magnolia
Magnolia sieboldii
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark chinquapin
Castanea ozarkensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ozark hairy corkwood
Leitneria pilosa subsp. Ozarkana
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ozark phlox
Phlox pilosa subsp. Ozarkana
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Carnea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Christmas Cheer'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Lombart's Weeping'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Autumn Embers'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Purpurea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Washington Park'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Squib'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Kohankie Red'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis vernalis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pacific Island silvergrass
Miscanthus floridulus
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pagoda dogwood
Cornus alternifolia 'Argentea'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- 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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