Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Tizzy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to 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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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 'Cato' ARCTIC SUN
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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 atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica (Glauca Group)
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- 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
Blue cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue elder
Sambucus nigra subsp. Cerulea
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue false indigo
Baptisia australis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue false indigo
Baptisia australis var. Minor
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Casca11' BEYOND BLUE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue flag
Iris versicolor
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue globe thistle
Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis 'Hachita'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue green sedge
Carex flacca
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue iris
Iris spuria
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue jasmine
Clematis crispa
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue moor grass
Sesleria caerulea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue mountain lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue oat grass
Helictotrichon sempervirens
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue sage
Salvia azurea
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue sage
Salvia azurea 'Nekan'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue sage
Salvia azurea var. Grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue sedge
Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue star
Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Montana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia ciliata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia hubrichtii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia tabernaemontana
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. Salicifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia ciliata var. Filifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia ciliata 'Halfway to Arkansas'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia 'Midway to Montana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Storm Cloud'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue star
Amsonia 'Starstruck'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue stem goldenrod
Solidago caesia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Blue waxweed
Cuphea viscosissima
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blue wood sedge
Carex flaccosperma
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium SASSY GRASS
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia verna
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Blue Mist'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Dark Knight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Longwood Blue'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris divaricata 'Snow Fairy'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Arthur Simmonds'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris incana 'Jason' SUNSHINE BLUE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Minibleu' PETIT BLEU
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Lisaura' HINT OF GOLD
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Lissilv' STERLING SILVER
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Blauer Splatz' SAPPHIRE SURF
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blueberry
Vaccinium 'Pink Lemonade'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bluestem
Andropogon capillipes 'Valdosta Blue'
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blunt mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blunt-lobed woodsia
Woodsia obtusa subsp. Obtusa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bog bean
Menyanthes trifoliata
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Bog spurge
Euphorbia palustris
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Borage
Borago officinalis
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Border bearded iris
Iris 'Rielle'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Border carnation
Dianthus 'Pixie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Arnold Giant'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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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