Bigtooth maple
Acer saccharum subsp. Grandidentatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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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Birchleaf spirea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold' GLOW GIRL
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bird cherry
Prunus avium 'Lapins' STARKRIMSON SWEET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bird cherry
Prunus avium 'Stella'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bird cherry
Prunus avium
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bird's foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus 'Pleniflorus'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Birthwort
Aristolochia manshuriensis
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Birthwort
Aristolochia californica
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Birthwort
Aristolochia clematitis
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium 'Yubae'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × cantabrigiense
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × versicolor 'Sulphureum'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × youngianum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × youngianum 'Niveum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium 'Tama-no-genpei'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × youngianum 'Tamabotan'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Pierre's Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium (#530)
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium sempervirens
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium alpinum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium perralderianum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium pinnatum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium pubigerum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium pubescens
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium acuminatum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium diphyllum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium pinnatum subsp. Colchicum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × warleyense
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium × rubrum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium fargesii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium brevicornu
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium leptorrhizum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium brachyrrhizum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium lishihchenii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium ilicifolium
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium stellulatum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium franchetii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium latisepalum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's weed
Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bishop's wort
Stachys officinalis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bitter ginger
Zingiber zerumbet
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bitter switchgrass
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bitternut hickory
Carya cordiformis
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Estland'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa var. Elata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton' IROQUOIS BEAUTY
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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 elder
Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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 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 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 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 '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
Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to 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
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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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