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Plants for USDA Zone 6

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107 matches for Zone 6

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Feathery dill foliage growing thickly in a sunny garden bed

Herbs

Dill: Feather-Light Herb for Quick Harvests

Anethum graveolens

Kitchen shears might be the most-used tool around dill because this herb grows fast and begs to be snipped often. For Zone 4-10…

Grown as annual in Zones 4-10
Fern fronds growing in a shaded woodland garden

Perennials

Fern: Texture and Shade for Quiet Garden Spaces

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 fine fescue blades with a soft, thin texture.

Lawn Grasses

Fine Fescue Lawn Grass

Festuca spp.

Fine Fescue is a cool-season turf made of several Festuca species that thrive in shade, cool summers, and low-input yards. It…

Zone 3-10, strongest in Zone 3-7
Forsythia shrub covered in yellow flowers on arching bare stems in early spring

Shrubs

Forsythia: Early-Blooming Hedge Workhorse

Forsythia × intermedia

Forsythia is worth growing for one reason first, bright yellow flowers before the rest of the yard wakes up. Keep it sunny, give…

Zone 4-9
Tall pink and purple garden phlox flower clusters rising above green perennial foliage

Perennials

Garden Phlox for Long Summer Color

Phlox paniculata

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

Hardy in USDA Zones 3-9