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Plants for USDA Zone 9

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73 matches for Zone 9

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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
Chrysanthemum plant in bloom in a garden setting

Flowers

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Garden mums are the compact chrysanthemums most people buy for fall color.

Grown in Zones 5-9, cultivar dependent
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
Crepe myrtle in full sun with crinkled pink flower clusters and smooth peeling bark

Shrubs

Crepe Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, often spelled crape myrtle) is a summer-flowering shrub or small tree that ranges from 3 feet…

USDA Zones 6-9; winter injury possible in Zone 6
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
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
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
Large Elephant Ear leaves rising from a moist tropical-style garden bed

Perennials

Elephant Ear

Colocasia esculenta

Elephant Ear is a tropical aroid grown for oversized, shield-shaped leaves.

Zone 8-10 perennial; lift elsewhere