Before shopping for plants based on your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone, please read our in-depth article about Plant Hardiness Zone Maps to understand their uses and their limitations.
Use the official USDA Hardiness Zone Map to determine your zone by zip code.
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Penstemon tenuis
Item #: 15423
Zones: 7a to 9b, possibly much colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Epimedium sempervirens 'Snowshoe Lake'
Item #: 11702
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Next crop available: 11/13/2026Sold out -
Epimedium 'Sunny and Share'
Item #: 8858
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Pulmonaria 'Silver Scimitar' PP 35,669
Item #: 18702
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 9" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $16.80Regular priceUnit price per$21.00Sale price $16.80Sale -
Hosta 'Sound of Music' PP 35,563
Item #: 18451
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outAchillea coarctata
Item #: 16084
Zones: 6a to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Balkans, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $17.60Regular priceUnit price per$22.00Sale price $17.60Sold out -
Erythronium americanum 'Silver Pigeon'
Item #: 15563
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'
Item #: 8476
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Amorpha georgiana 'Liberty'
Item #: 18455
Zones: 7a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outMonarda 'Pink Chenille' PP 35,287
Item #: 18774
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Chrysanthemum 'Tina Louise'
Item #: 18454
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Graptosedum 'Vera Higgins'
Item #: 18352
Zones: 8a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $16.80Regular priceUnit price per$21.00Sale price $16.80Sale -
Ruscus aculeatus 'Andre the Giant'
Item #: 17671
Zones: 7a to 9b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: England, Iran, Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $24.00Regular priceUnit price per$30.00Sale price $24.00Sale -
Urophysa henryi
Item #: 15673
Zones: 6a to 9a, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml)
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Dianthus anatolicus 'Lunatic Fringe'
Item #: 16537
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Armenia, Greece, Pakistan, Tibet, Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outRohdea japonica 'Wrath of Kan'
Item #: 18319
Zones: 6a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Sold out -
Salvia roemeriana
Item #: 2326
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Golden Thumbs'
Item #: 11413
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Bletilla ochracea 'Dawn's Early Light'
Item #: 18849
Zones: 7a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun
Origin: China, Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $36.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHelleborus x lemperii 'Lisann' PPAF
Item #: 17016
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.60Regular priceUnit price per$32.00Sale price $25.60Next crop available: 11/13/2026Sold out -
Osbeckia stellata var. crinita 'Cangshan'
Item #: 16227
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Cambodia, China, Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Silver Streamers'
Item #: 16148
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Spring
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Southern Europe
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml)
Regular price $19.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Chrysanthemum zawadzkii ssp. zawadzkii 'Apricot'
Item #: 18855
Zones: 5a to 9a, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outFicus pumila 'Monier's Hardy'
Item #: 18737
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Plants for Zone 8
Zone 8a and Zone 8b Plants
Many of the perennial plants in our catalog are well-suited for Zones 8a or 8b. Several of our favorite species of abutilon, agave, ajuga, amorphophallus, baptisia, brugmansia, buddleia, calanthe, canna, colocasia, crinum, epimedium, hedychium, heleborus, hibiscus, hosta, kniphofia, lantana, lycoris, mangave, muhlenbergia, oxalis, paeonia, rohdea, ruscus, salvia, sarracenia, trillium, and zingiber thrive in Zones 8a or 8b. Be sure to read how we assign hardiness zones to our plants.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. Each zone is then subdivided into 5-degree F sub-zones. Zone numbers increase as you move from north to south.
Zone 8a annual minimum winter temperatures should be 10 to 15 °F (-12.2 to -9.4 °C). Zone 8b annual minimum temperatures should be 15 to 20 °F (-9.4 to -6.7 °C). Keep in mind that the zone designation does not tell you how many days the area may reach those average minimums. There can also be a major difference between what plants will grow in the 'a' or 'b' sub-zones.