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Plants for USDA Zone 3

These profiles state a hardiness range that includes Zone 3. Use the category and search filters, then check light, water, mature size, and local heat on the profile.

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50 matches for Zone 3

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Close view of tall fescue turf blades in a home lawn.

Lawn Grasses

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea (Schedonorus arundinaceus)

Homeowners across Zone 3-10 lean on Tall Fescue for a cool-season lawn that stays green without babying it every weekend.

Zone 3-10 (cool-season performer)
Ripe red tomatoes hanging in heavy clusters on a staked vine in a sunny garden bed

Vegetables

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

The choice between a determinate and an indeterminate Tomato decides your support, your pruning, and whether the crop arrives all…

Warm-season annual, Zones 3-11
A ripening striped watermelon resting on straw mulch among healthy green vines in a sunny garden bed

Vegetables

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus

Watermelon asks for more ground and more heat than almost anything else in a home bed, and the two decisions that settle the crop…

Warm-season annual, Zones 3-10
Flat clusters of yellow and white yarrow flowers above ferny foliage in a sunny dry border

Perennials

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Gardeners often baby perennials, but Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) thrives on a little neglect.

Zone 3-9 hardy perennial
Healthy zucchini crown in full sun with broad lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and young green fruit

Vegetables

Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

Plant zucchini after frost in warm soil, give each crown full sun and open space, and keep the shallow root zone evenly moist.

Annual in Zones 3-10