Best Plants for USDA Zone 7

Reliable, easy-to-grow plants suited to the winters and summers of USDA hardiness zone 7.

Showing the top 30 of 1079 matching plants, ranked by nursery availability, then native status. The Plant Finder searches all 1079.

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. 
   aloe yucca Yucca aloifoliaZone 6+ · part shade · 15 ft · native
6. 
   alpine aster Aster alpinusZone 4+ · part shade · 0.3 ft · native
7. 
   alpine bluegrass Poa alpinaZone 3+ · part shade · 1.7 ft · native
8. 
   alpine mountainsorrel Oxyria digynaZone 2+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
9. 
   alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinumZone 1+ · full sun · 2 ft · native
10. 
    alpine timothy Phleum alpinumZone 2+ · part shade · 1.4 ft · native
11. 
    American alpine speedwell Veronica wormskjoldiiZone 4+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
12. 
    American basswood Tilia americanaZone 2+ · shade · 100 ft · native
13. 
    American beachgrass Ammophila breviligulataZone 7+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
14. 
    American beautyberry Callicarpa americanaZone 7+ · part shade · 9 ft · native
15. 
    American beech Fagus grandifoliaZone 2+ · shade · 80 ft · native
16. 
    American bittersweet Celastrus scandensZone 3+ · shade · 15 ft · native
17. 
    American black elderberry Sambucus nigraZone 4+ · full sun · 7 ft · native
18. 
    American bur-reed Sparganium americanumZone 3+ · part shade · 3.2 ft · native
19. 
    American cranberrybush Viburnum opulusZone 3+ · part shade · 6 ft · native
20. 
    American eelgrass Vallisneria americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
21. 
    American elm Ulmus americanaZone 2+ · part shade · 120 ft · native
22. 
    American hazelnut Corylus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 10 ft · native
23. 
    American holly Ilex opacaZone 5+ · shade · 40 ft · native
24. 
    American hornbeam Carpinus carolinianaZone 3+ · shade · 30 ft · native
25. 
    American lotus Nelumbo luteaZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
26. 
    American mountain ash Sorbus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 40 ft · native
27. 
    American plum Prunus americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 24 ft · native
28. 
    American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachneZone 3+ · part shade · 3 ft · native
29. 
    American speedwell Veronica americanaZone 3+ · shade · 0.8 ft · native
30. 
    American sycamore Platanus occidentalisZone 3+ · part shade · 100 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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