Best Plants for USDA Zone 3

Reliable, easy-to-grow plants suited to the winters and summers of USDA hardiness zone 3.

Showing the top 30 of 385 matching plants, ranked by nursery availability, then native status. The Plant Finder searches all 385.

1. 
   alderleaf mountain mahogany Cercocarpus montanusZone 2+ · part shade · 15 ft · native
2. 
   alkali cordgrass Spartina gracilisZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
3. 
   alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoidesZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
4. 
   alpine mountainsorrel Oxyria digynaZone 2+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
5. 
   alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinumZone 1+ · full sun · 2 ft · native
6. 
   alpine timothy Phleum alpinumZone 2+ · part shade · 1.4 ft · native
7. 
   American basswood Tilia americanaZone 2+ · shade · 100 ft · native
8. 
   American beech Fagus grandifoliaZone 2+ · shade · 80 ft · native
9. 
   American bittersweet Celastrus scandensZone 3+ · shade · 15 ft · native
10. 
    American cranberrybush Viburnum opulusZone 3+ · part shade · 6 ft · native
11. 
    American elm Ulmus americanaZone 2+ · part shade · 120 ft · native
12. 
    American lotus Nelumbo luteaZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
13. 
    American mountain ash Sorbus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 40 ft · native
14. 
    American plum Prunus americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 24 ft · native
15. 
    American speedwell Veronica americanaZone 3+ · shade · 0.8 ft · native
16. 
    American water horehound Lycopus americanusZone 3+ · shade · 1.8 ft · native
17. 
    analogue sedge Carex simulataZone 3+ · part shade · 1.5 ft · native
18. 
    antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentataZone 2+ · part shade · 6 ft · native
19. 
    arctic dock Rumex arcticusZone 1+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
20. 
    arctic raspberry Rubus arcticusZone 1+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
21. 
    Arnold hawthorn Crataegus ×anomalaZone 2+ · full sun · 30 ft · native
22. 
    arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittataZone 3+ · part shade · 2 ft · native
23. 
    Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoidesZone 3+ · part shade · 50 ft · native
24. 
    awlfruit sedge Carex stipataZone 3+ · shade · 3.5 ft · native
25. 
    balsam fir Abies balsameaZone 2+ · shade · 60 ft · native
26. 
    balsam poplar Populus balsamiferaZone 1+ · full sun · 80 ft · native
27. 
    Barclay's willow Salix barclayiZone 2+ · full sun · 7 ft · native
28. 
    barrenground willow Salix niphocladaZone 2+ · full sun · 8 ft · native
29. 
    basin wildrye Leymus cinereusZone 2+ · full sun · 5 ft · native
30. 
    beaked hazelnut Corylus cornutaZone 2+ · shade · 15 ft · native

Every plant here is drawn from the USDA PLANTS database; the traits behind this list are quoted from it, not estimated. See data & sources.

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