Spice bush
Lindera benzoin
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- 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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What grows in USDA Zone 6?
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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Spider lily
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Red Cloud'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spider lily
Hymenocallis caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spider lily
Lycoris radiata
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spider lily
Tradescantia virginiana
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Mariella'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Sweet Kate'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Concord Grape'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia 'Hawaiian Punch'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Little Doll'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Snowcap'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Purple Profusion'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia 'Lucky Charm'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia ernestiana
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Spiderwort
Tradescantia longipes
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spike speedwell
Veronica 'Spike'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Minuet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Blue Charm'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Icicle'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Rotfuchs' RED FOX
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Pavane'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Glory' ROYAL CANDLES
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica spicata 'Blue Bouquet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spiked speedwell
Veronica 'Purpleicious'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spindletree
Euonymus bungeanus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spindletree
Euonymus grandiflorus
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea 'Dolchica'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea nipponica var. Tosaensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea trilobata 'Swan Lake'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea × vanhouttei
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea fritschiana 'Pink Parasols'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea 'Darsnorm' SNOW STORM
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea media
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea decumbens
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea media 'SMSMBK' DOUBLE PLAY BLUE KAZOO
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spirea
Spiraea 'NCSX1' DOUBLE PLAY CANDY CORN
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Cassata'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Lemon Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Love Call'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Mondragon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Tricollet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Flyer'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-corona daffodil
Narcissus 'Colorama'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Split-cupped daffodil
Narcissus 'Mary Gay Lirette'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
- USDA zones
- 5–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Spotted bellflower
Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted bellflower
Campanula punctata 'Pink Chimes'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted bellflower
Campanula punctata
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Red Nancy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Dellam' GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Elisabeth de Haas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Cosmopolitan'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted geranium
Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted laurel
Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted laurel
Aucuba japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spotted phlox
Phlox maculata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spreading aster
Symphyotrichum patens
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spring beauty
Claytonia virginica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Jeanne d'Arc'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Remembrance'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Striped Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring crocus
Crocus vernus 'Flower Record'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring starflower
Ipheion uniflorum 'Charlotte Bishop'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring starflower
Ipheion uniflorum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spring vetch
Lathyrus vernus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Spur leaf
Tetracentron sinense
- USDA zones
- 6–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Spurge
Euphorbia characias subsp. Wulfenii
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Froeup' EXCALIBUR
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Jessie'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia characias 'Tasmanian Tiger'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Imprkalip' KALIPSO
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Nothowlee' BLACKBIRD
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Imprefant' EFANTHIA
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia 'Blue Haze'
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spurge
Euphorbia × martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Spuria iris
Iris 'Adriatic Blue'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
St. Bernard's lily
Anthericum liliago
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum 'Hidcote'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum × moserianum 'Tricolor'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum calycinum 'Briggadoon'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum perforatum 'Topas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum kalmianum 'Deppe' SUNNY BOULEVARD
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum calycinum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
St. John's wort
Hypericum beanii
- USDA zones
- 6–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Stachyurus
Stachyurus praecox
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina 'Dissecta'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' TIGER EYES
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Standard apple
Malus 'Mullins' STARK GOLDEN DELICIOUS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Standard apple
Malus pumila 'Tenroy' STARK ROYAL GALA
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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