Turtlehead
Chelone obliqua
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
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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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Turtlehead
Chelone obliqua 'Ieniemienie'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Tussock sedge
Carex stricta
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum 'Albury Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Twinspur
Diascia barberae
- USDA zones
- 8–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Umbrella pine
Sciadopitys verticillata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Umbrella tree
Magnolia tripetala
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Upright wild ginger
Saruma henryi
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Uruguayan pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Variegated kiwi vine
Actinidia kolomikta
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Variegated kiwi vine
Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Venus fly trap
Dionaea muscipula 'Cup-shaped'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Venus fly trap
Dionaea muscipula
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Verbascum
Verbascum 'Banana and Custard'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbascum
Verbascum 'Jackie'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbascum
Verbascum 'Southern Charm'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbascum
Verbascum 'Caribbean Crush'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbascum
Verbascum pyramidatum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbascum
Verbascum 'Lavender Lass'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbena
Verbena 'Snow Flurry'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Verbena
Verbena hastata f. Rosea 'Pink Spires'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Viburnum
Viburnum 'Eskimo'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Viburnum
Viburnum × rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum 'Reifler's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Viburnum
Viburnum bracteatum 'Smvdbl' ALL THAT GLOWS
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Viburnum
Viburnum 'Fugitive'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Violet
Viola 'Etain'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Violet
Viola 'Red Giant'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Violet wood sorrel
Oxalis violacea
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Viper's bugloss
Echium vulgare
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. Engelmannii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia 'Monham' STAR SHOWERS
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia 'Troki' RED WALL
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Virginia pine
Pinus virginiana 'Wate's Golden'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Sprich' LITTLE HENRY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Sarah Eve'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Saturnalia'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Voodoo lily
Sauromatum venosum
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Waldsteinia
Waldsteinia ternata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Wall germander
Teucrium chamaedrys
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Wall germander
Teucrium chamaedrys 'Prostratum'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Wallflower
Erysimum cheiri
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Wallflower
Erysimum linifolium 'Balcherissam' CHEERS SUN-KISSED AMETHYST
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Washington hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Water oak
Quercus nigra
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Water snowflake
Nymphoides indica
- USDA zones
- 8–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Wax gourd
Benincasa hispida
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Wax mallow
Malvaviscus 'Big Mama'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Wax myrtle
Morella cerifera 'Luray'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Wayfaringtree viburnum
Viburnum lantana 'Mohican'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Weeping buddleja
Rostrinucula dependens
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weeping crabapple
Malus × scheideckeri 'Red Jade'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weeping forsythia
Forsythia suspensa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Weeping higan cherry
Prunus pendula 'Pendula Rosea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Weeping higan cherry
Prunus 'Snofozam' SNOW FOUNTAINS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weeping Japanese hackberry
Celtis sinensis 'Green Cascade'
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Weeping willow
Salix babylonica var. Pekinensis 'Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Weeping willow
Salix babylonica
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Elvera' MIDNIGHT WINE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Brigela' FRENCH LACE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Minuet'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Olympiade' BRIANT RUBIDOR
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Pink Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Rumba'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'White Knight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela hortensis
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Victoria'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela subsessilis 'Canary'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Pink Poppet'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Dark Horse'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Tango'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Nana Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Courtamon' FELINE
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Bramwell' FINE WINE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Dropmore Pink'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Verweig' MY MONET
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Courtalor' CARNAVAL
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Black Magic'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Red Prince'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Polka'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Verweig 6' SONIC BLOOM
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida 'Walweigeye' EYECATCHER
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela florida
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'April Snow'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Weigela
Weigela 'Korean Sunrise'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla 'Thorsen's Weeping'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Western ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Western mugwort
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Western poison oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Western soapberry
Sapindus drummondii
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Wheat grass
Elymus magellanicus 'Blue Tango'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
White ash
Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
White ash
Fraxinus americana 'Rosehill'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- 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.
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