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Plants for USDA Zone 4

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62 matches for Zone 4

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Rows of carrot tops growing above loose soil in a well-prepared garden bed

Vegetables

Carrot

Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Carrots are decided underground long before harvest. The bed has to be deep, fine, and stone free enough for the root shape you…

Cool-season annual, Zones 3-10
White cauliflower head wrapped by green leaves in a cool-season garden row

Vegetables

Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Cauliflower is a crop of narrow margins. The plant has to keep growing without a check, form its curd in cool weather, and get…

Cool-season annual, Zones 3-10
Rows of pale green celery stalks growing in a compost-rich vegetable bed

Vegetables

Celery

Apium graveolens

Celery is a long, cool-season crop that only tastes worth the bed space when you protect moisture from transplant to harvest.

Zone 3-10, grown as an annual
Ornamental cherry blossom tree covered in pale pink spring flowers in a front-yard lawn

Trees

Cherry Blossom Tree

Prunus spp.

Cherry blossom tree is a common name for ornamental cherries grown for spring flowers rather than a useful fruit crop.

USDA Zones 4-9
Purple coneflowers with raised orange cones blooming in a sunny pollinator bed.

Perennials

Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Many gardeners overwater and overpamper Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), then wonder why it flops or rots.

USDA Zones 3-8
Backyard block of sweet corn with tassels above tall green stalks

Vegetables

Corn

Zea mays

Sweet corn only earns its space when the patch is big enough to pollinate itself and strong enough to stay watered through…

Annual in Zone 3-10
Cucumber vines climbing a trellis with yellow flowers and hanging green fruit

Vegetables

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Cucumber pays back fast when you make the right structural choice before planting: trellis or sprawl, slicer or pickler, direct…

Annual in Zones 3-10
Daffodil plant in bloom in a garden setting

Flowers

Daffodil

Narcissus spp.

Daffodils are hardy fall-planted bulbs grown for reliable spring flowers, deer resistance, and decades of return bloom.

Hardy in USDA Zones 3-8
Daylily clump with bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers on tall scapes in a sunny garden bed

Perennials

Daylily

Hemerocallis spp.

Brown, tired flower beds that burn out by July usually come from fussy plants that quit in heat or poor soil.

Zones 3-9