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Plants for USDA Zone 4

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62 matches for Zone 4

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A small redbud in full spring bloom, its low spreading crown and bare branches covered in pink and magenta flowers opening straight from the wood

Trees

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Eastern redbud is a small North American tree with pea-like flowers that open on bare twigs and older wood.

USDA Zones 4-9
Glossy purple eggplants hanging from staked plants in a sunny vegetable bed

Vegetables

Eggplant

Solanum melongena

Eggplant succeeds when you treat it as one of the hottest-slot crops in the whole yard.

Zone 3-10 as a warm-season annual
Fern fronds growing in a shaded woodland garden

Perennials

Fern

Various fern genera and species

Ferns earn their place with texture, shade tolerance, and a calm green presence that softens woodland edges, foundation beds, and…

Most garden ferns fit USDA Zones 3-9
Close view of fescue lawn blades with some dry summer tips.

Lawn Grasses

Fescue

Festuca spp.

Fescue is not a grass, it is a genus. More than 450 species carry the name and about ten make turf, split into a coarse group led…

USDA Zones 3-10 across the genus
Close view of fine fescue blades with a soft, thin texture.

Lawn Grasses

Fine Fescue

Festuca spp.

Fine fescue is not one grass. Five species and subspecies share the name and the very fine, needle-like leaf, and they differ in…

USDA Zones 3-7
Tall pink and purple garden phlox flower clusters rising above green perennial foliage

Perennials

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Garden phlox is a tall, fragrant perennial that brings mid to late summer color when many spring perennials are fading.

USDA Zones 4-8
Mulched Allium sativum bed with upright blue-green leaves growing in spring sunlight

Vegetables

Garlic

Allium sativum

Garlic is a calendar crop more than a summer crop. Big cloves, fall planting depth, spring leaf health, and a dry finish decide…

Grown as an annual, Zones 3-10
Mature ginkgo tree with fan-shaped green leaves in a sunny landscape

Trees

Ginkgo Tree

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo is not a plant for instant gratification. It is a patient tree that rewards the right buyer decision up front, male or…

USDA Zones 4-9
Mature holly shrub with glossy spiny leaves and red berries in a winter garden bed

Shrubs

Holly

Ilex spp.

Most hollies carry berries only on female plants, and only when a male of a compatible type blooms nearby at the same time.

USDA Zones 3-9 by species