Jacob's ladder
Polemonium caeruleum 'Snow and Sapphires'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 8
10 to 20°F • Warm winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 8a, 8b|Ideal for: perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees|5587 total plants
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Plants rated for Zone 8 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the 10 to 20°F range. This collection contains 5587 matching plant profiles, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
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Jacob's ladder
Polemonium 'Bressingham Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium caeruleum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis var. Japonica 'Prinz Heinrich'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis var. Japonica 'Pamina'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese anemone
Anemone 'Red Riding Hood'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese apricot
Prunus mume 'Fenghou'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese apricot
Prunus mume 'Peggy Clarke'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese apricot
Prunus mume
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese banana
Musa basjoo
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Kobold'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Royal Cloak'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Atropurpurea Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Bagatelle'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Helmond Pillar'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Rose Glow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Talago' SUNJOY GOLD BERET
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Harlequin'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Maria' SUNJOY GOLD PILLAR
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Golden Ring'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Gentry' ROYAL BURGUNDY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Pygruzam' PYGMY RUBY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Pygmaea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Banshosho'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Mia Kujaku'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese blood grass
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'Green Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'Morris Midget'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'National'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'Winter Gem'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Nana'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese chestnut
Castanea crenata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese clethra
Clethra barbinervis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese clethra
Clethra barbinervis 'Takeda Nishiki' FIRST SNOW
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cobra lily
Arisaema kishidae 'Silver Pattern'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cobra lily
Arisaema sikokianum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cornelian cherry
Cornus officinalis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese crabapple
Malus floribunda
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese crepe myrtle
Lagerstroemia fauriei
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pincushion'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Intermedia'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Tsukumo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Curly Tops'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Thread'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Kost Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese flowering cherry
Prunus 'Kanzan'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Stripe It Rich'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-kaze'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese grass sedge
Carex morrowii 'Goldband'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese grass sedge
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Drops of Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Hetzii'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Golden Gem'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Farrowone' SKY POINTER
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Shiro-fukurin'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly fern
Cyrtomium falcatum 'Rochfordianum'
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly fern
Cyrtomium fortunei
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly fern
Cyrtomium fortunei var. Clivicolum
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese hornbeam
Carpinus japonica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese iris
Iris japonica
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Albescens'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Picta'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Simplex'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese lady fern
Deparia petersenii
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese linden
Tilia japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Higasayama'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Hogyoku'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 8 experiences winter minimum temperatures between10 to 20°F. This collection includes 5587 plants specifically suited for Zone 8 conditions, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
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