Best Plants for USDA Zone 4

Reliable, easy-to-grow plants suited to the winters and summers of USDA hardiness zone 4.

Showing the top 30 of 717 matching plants, ranked by nursery availability, then native status. The Plant Finder searches all 717.

1. 
   alderleaf buckthorn Rhamnus alnifoliaZone 3+ · shade · 3 ft · native
2. 
   alderleaf mountain mahogany Cercocarpus montanusZone 2+ · part shade · 15 ft · native
3. 
   alkali cordgrass Spartina gracilisZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
4. 
   alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoidesZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
5. 
   alpine aster Aster alpinusZone 4+ · part shade · 0.3 ft · native
6. 
   alpine bluegrass Poa alpinaZone 3+ · part shade · 1.7 ft · native
7. 
   alpine mountainsorrel Oxyria digynaZone 2+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
8. 
   alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinumZone 1+ · full sun · 2 ft · native
9. 
   alpine timothy Phleum alpinumZone 2+ · part shade · 1.4 ft · native
10. 
    American alpine speedwell Veronica wormskjoldiiZone 4+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
11. 
    American basswood Tilia americanaZone 2+ · shade · 100 ft · native
12. 
    American beech Fagus grandifoliaZone 2+ · shade · 80 ft · native
13. 
    American bittersweet Celastrus scandensZone 3+ · shade · 15 ft · native
14. 
    American black elderberry Sambucus nigraZone 4+ · full sun · 7 ft · native
15. 
    American bur-reed Sparganium americanumZone 3+ · part shade · 3.2 ft · native
16. 
    American cranberrybush Viburnum opulusZone 3+ · part shade · 6 ft · native
17. 
    American eelgrass Vallisneria americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
18. 
    American elm Ulmus americanaZone 2+ · part shade · 120 ft · native
19. 
    American hazelnut Corylus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 10 ft · native
20. 
    American hornbeam Carpinus carolinianaZone 3+ · shade · 30 ft · native
21. 
    American lotus Nelumbo luteaZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
22. 
    American mountain ash Sorbus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 40 ft · native
23. 
    American plum Prunus americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 24 ft · native
24. 
    American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachneZone 3+ · part shade · 3 ft · native
25. 
    American speedwell Veronica americanaZone 3+ · shade · 0.8 ft · native
26. 
    American sycamore Platanus occidentalisZone 3+ · part shade · 100 ft · native
27. 
    American water horehound Lycopus americanusZone 3+ · shade · 1.8 ft · native
28. 
    American water plantain Alisma subcordatumZone 3+ · full sun · 0.5 ft · native
29. 
    American water-willow Justicia americanaZone 4+ · shade · 2.5 ft · native
30. 
    American witchhazel Hamamelis virginianaZone 4+ · part shade · 20 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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