Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Katsura'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part 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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What grows in USDA Zone 8?
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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Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Murasaki-hime'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Nuresagi'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Omurayama'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Red Select'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Satsuki-beni'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sherwood Flame'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shindeshojo'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shishio Improved'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Suminagashi'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Beni-kawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Beni-tsukasa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Germaine's Gyration'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Tamukeyama'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Tsuma-gaki'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Red Dragon'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Oshio-beni'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Filigree'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum (Dissectum Viride Group)
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Garnet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Villa Taranto'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Waterfall'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Seiryu'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Utsu-semi'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Fall's Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Nishiki Gawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Wolff' EMPEROR I
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Inaba-shidare'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Arakawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Sophora japonica 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Sophora japonica 'Regent'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pagoda tree
Styphnolobium japonicum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium 'Branford Rambler'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Ursula's Red'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Silver Falls'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Wildwood Twist'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Burgundy Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Apple Court'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Pewter Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. Pictum 'Red Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium 'Silver Slippers'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese parsley
Cryptotaenia japonica f. Atropurpurea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese persimmon
Diospyros kaki 'Dagaishi'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Shojo'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Prelude'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Red Mill'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica DODD'S CRYSTAL CASCADE FALLS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Plania' YEWTOPIA
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese plum yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum 'Rotundifolium'
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese quince
Chaenomeles japonica var. Alpina
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese quince
Chaenomeles japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese rose
Rosa rugosa 'Alba'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese shield fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Tomentosum 'Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Plicatum 'Popcorn'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum f. Plicatum 'Pink Sensation'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum 'Newzam' NEWPORT
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus 'Carillon'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spikenard
Aralia cordata 'Sun King'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Crispa'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Lemon Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Limemound'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Norman'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Golden Elf'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Lisp' GOLDEN PRINCESS
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese spirea
Spiraea japonica 'Froebelii'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- 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.
Understanding Your Hardiness Zone
The USDA hardiness zone is based on average annual minimum winter temperature. While it's an excellent starting point, also consider your local microclimate, soil conditions, rainfall patterns, and summer heat when selecting plants.