Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- 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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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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Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Professor Ed'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM165' LOW SCAPE MOUND
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM012' GROUND HOG
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Black currant
Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black elder
Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black elder
Sambucus nigra 'Eva' BLACK LACE
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black elder
Sambucus nigra
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black elder
Sambucus nigra 'Eiffel 1' BLACK TOWER
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black false hellebore
Veratrum nigrum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black gum
Nyssa sylvatica
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black hellebore
Helleborus niger
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black locust
Robinia 'Purple Robe'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black maple
Acer saccharum subsp. Nigrum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black oak
Quercus velutina
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black poplar
Populus nigra 'Italica'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black sea holly
Ilex colchica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black sedge
Carex nigra 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Wet
Black sedge
Carex nigra
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Wet
Black spruce
Picea mariana 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black walnut
Juglans nigra
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. Sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi' VIETTE'S LITTLE SUZY
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Early Bird Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cappuccino'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'City Garden'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Spring'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. Sullivantii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia 'Glitters Like Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blackberry
Rubus 'Triple Crown'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry
Rubus 'Illini Hardy'
- USDA zones
- 4–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry
Rubus 'Navaho'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus 'Chester'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry
Rubus 'APF-236T' BUSHEL AND BERRY BABY CAKES
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry
Rubus 'APF-190T' PRIME-ARK TRAVELER
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry lily
Iris domestica
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blackberry lily
Iris domestica 'Freckle Face'
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blackhaw viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blackjack oak
Quercus marilandica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bladdernut
Staphylea colchica
- USDA zones
- 6–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bladdernut
Staphylea bumalda
- USDA zones
- 5–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia aristata 'Bijou'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgunder'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Tokajer'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Tizzy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Frenzy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Arizona Apricot'
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia aristata BARBICAN YELLOW RED RING
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Sun Devil'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Kobold Original'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris ligulistylis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris aspera
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris scariosa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blazing star
Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'Adrian Bloom'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'Luxuriant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'King of Hearts'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Dicentra eximia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Blessed milkthistle
Silybum marianum
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea 'Cato' ARCTIC SUN
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea 'Compressa'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'John Elsley'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum var. Striatum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Little Bead'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Alan Bloom'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Elke'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloody geranium
Geranium sanguineum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue ash
Fraxinus quadrangulata
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica (Glauca Group)
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica (Glauca Group) 'Glauca Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 6–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue bugloss
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue cardinal flower
Lobelia siphilitica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
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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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