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Plants for USDA Zone 9

These profiles state a hardiness range that includes Zone 9. Use the category and search filters, then check light, water, mature size, and local heat on the profile.

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120 matches for Zone 9

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Rows of pale green celery stalks growing in a compost-rich vegetable bed

Vegetables

Celery: Crisp Stalks From Your Garden

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
Dense clump of chives with upright hollow green leaves growing in a raised herb bed

Herbs

Chives: Easy Clumping Herb for Beds and Pots

Allium schoenoprasum

Most gardeners treat chives like disposable garnish, then rip them out when they flop. Grown as a true perennial clump in Zone…

Perennial in Zones 4-10
Chrysanthemum plant in bloom in a garden setting

Flowers

Chrysanthemum: Big Fall Color in a Small Space

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Garden mums are the compact chrysanthemums most people buy for fall color. They bloom best in full sun, steady moisture, and soil…

Grown in Zones 5-9, cultivar dependent
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