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Plants for USDA Zone 9

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73 matches for Zone 9

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English lavender with purple flower spikes and silvery foliage in a sunny border

Flowers

English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

English Lavender is a woody Mediterranean subshrub grown for fragrant purple flower spikes, silvery foliage, pollinators, and…

Zones 5-9, protect near cold edge
Variegated evergreen euonymus hedge with dense glossy leaves in a sunny border

Shrubs

Euonymus

Euonymus japonicus

Japanese euonymus (Euonymus japonicus) is an evergreen hedge shrub that tolerates salt, drought, and heavy pruning, but NC State…

USDA Zones 6-9
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
Flowering dogwood tree in full spring bloom with tiered branches at a woodland edge

Trees

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Flowering Dogwood is easiest to grow when you copy the place it wants to live.

USDA Zones 5-9
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
Dense mound of hosta with broad blue-green variegated leaves in a shaded garden bed

Perennials

Hosta

Hosta spp.

Gardeners crave color in shade beds, and Hosta delivers with bold foliage instead of fussy flowers.

USDA Zones 3-9