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Plants for USDA Zone 8

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92 matches for Zone 8

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Rose of Sharon shrub with pink hibiscus flowers in a sunny late-summer mixed border

Shrubs

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is a woody hibiscus that flowers on new shoots from July into early September, so it is pruned…

USDA Zones 5-9
Close view of upright rosemary stems with narrow green leaves in a raised herb bed

Herbs

Rosemary

Salvia rosmarinus

Rosemary is an evergreen shrub that dies far more often from wet roots and cold winters than from neglect, so the site, the…

USDA Zones 8-10; hardy cultivars to 7a
Airy Russian sage stems with lavender-blue flowers in a dry sunny border

Perennials

Russian Sage

Salvia yangii

By mid to late summer, Russian Sage (Salvia yangii) throws up airy clouds of lavender-blue flowers just when many perennials…

USDA Zones 5-9
Multi-stem Serviceberry covered in small white star-shaped flowers at a woodland edge, with bluebells and low green perennials in the mulched bed at its base

Trees

Serviceberry

Amelanchier spp.

Serviceberry (Amelanchier) is a small rose-family tree that gives white flowers in very early spring, edible purple fruit in…

USDA Zones 4–9
Shasta Daisy plant in bloom in a garden setting

Flowers

Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum x superbum

Shasta daisy is a clump-forming perennial grown for clean white petals, yellow centers, and reliable summer bloom in sunny…

USDA Zones 5-9
Skip Laurel hedge with glossy evergreen leaves forming a narrow privacy screen

Shrubs

Skip Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'

Skip Laurel works when you need a year-round screen in a tight strip, but it only stays useful when you plan mature width…

USDA Zones 6-8
Purple-leaved smoke tree in a mixed border with its whole crown veiled in airy pink feathery plumes, backlit by low afternoon sun, with lawn to the left and coneflowers to the right

Trees

Smoke Tree

Cotinus coggygria

Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria) gets its name from thousands of hair-covered flower stalks that blur into a pink haze above dark…

USDA Zones 4-8
Mature Southern magnolia on a lawn beside a house, its dense pyramidal crown of glossy dark evergreen leaves carrying dozens of open creamy white flowers, with the lower branches sweeping almost to the grass

Trees

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Southern Magnolia is not just a flowering tree. It is a broad evergreen anchor that throws heavy shade, glossy leaves, giant…

USDA Zones 6-10
Yellow squash blossoms and developing squash fruit on broad garden vines

Vegetables

Squash

Cucurbita spp.

Grow Squash by deciding whether you want tender summer fruit or mature winter storage fruit, then matching space, pollination…

Warm-season annual, USDA Zones 3-10
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