By climate
Plants and yard ideas for your USDA zone
A hardiness zone is the coldest night your yard gets in an average winter. It decides what survives. Pick yours for the plants rated to live there and the styles that suit the climate. Not sure of your zone? The plant library finds it from a ZIP code.
Zone 3
-40 to -30 °F on the coldest night
Cold winters · short season. Around northern Minnesota and North Dakota, northern Maine, the high Rockies.
171 plants rated · 11 styles suit it
Zone 4
-30 to -20 °F on the coldest night
Cold winters · short season. Around much of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and northern New England.
306 plants rated · 13 styles suit it
Zone 5
-20 to -10 °F on the coldest night
Cool temperate · real winters. Around Des Moines, Madison, Bozeman and Burlington.
417 plants rated · 15 styles suit it
Zone 6
-10 to 0 °F on the coldest night
Cool temperate · real winters. Around Chicago, Denver, Columbus and Kansas City.
468 plants rated · 15 styles suit it
Zone 7
0 to 10 °F on the coldest night
Mild temperate · warm summers. Around Nashville, Oklahoma City, Richmond, Salt Lake City and Boston.
511 plants rated · 16 styles suit it
Zone 8
10 to 20 °F on the coldest night
Mild temperate · warm summers. Around Atlanta, Dallas, Raleigh, Charlotte and Memphis.
510 plants rated · 17 styles suit it
Zone 9
20 to 30 °F on the coldest night
Hot summers · mild winters. Around Houston, Austin, Jacksonville, Sacramento and Seattle.
412 plants rated · 16 styles suit it
Zone 10
30 to 40 °F on the coldest night
Hot · frost-free climate. Around Los Angeles, San Diego, Tampa, Orlando and Phoenix.
283 plants rated · 13 styles suit it
Zone 11
40 to 50 °F on the coldest night
Hot · frost-free climate. Around Miami and Fort Lauderdale, the Florida Keys, coastal Hawaii.
212 plants rated · 10 styles suit it