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Plant Hardiness Ratings Listed Alphabetically

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Cold Hardiness Ratings for Selected Woody Plants.

Representative plants are listed under the coldest zones in which they normally succeed.


Botanical (and Common) Names Zone
Abetiophyllum distichum (white forsythia) 5b
Acer platanoides (Norway maple) 4
Aesculus x camea (red horsechestnut) 4
Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle) 7b
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry) 2b
Aristolochia durior (Dutchman's pipe) 4b
Aucuba japonica (Japanese aucuba) 7b
Bauhinia variegata (purple orchid tree) 9b
Berberis danvinii (Darwin barberry) 8
Betula pendula (European white birch) 3
Bouvardia 'Coral' (Coral bouvardia) 9
Butia capitata (Pindo palm) 8b
Camellia reticulate (reticulate camellia) 9
Camellia sasanqua (sasanqua camellia) 7b
Carya illinoinensis 'Major' (pecan) 5 (grows), 6 (fruits)
Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine) 9b
Ceanothus impressus (Santa Barbara ceanothus) 8
Cedrus deodara (deodar cedar) 7b
Cercis chinensis (Chinese redbud) 6b
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson cypress) 6b
Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara cypress) 5
Cinnamomum camphora (camphor tree) 9
Cistus laurifolius (laurel rockrose) 7
Cistus x purpureus (purple rockrose) 8
Comus alba (Tatarian dogwood) 3
Comus kousa (Japanese dogwood) 5b
Cunninghamia lanceolata (cunninghamia) 7
Cytisus x praecox (Warminster broom) 6
Elaeagnus multiflora (cherry elaeagnus) 7
Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) 8
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus) 3b
Euphorbia pulcherrima (poinsettia) 10
x Fatshedera lizei (botanical-wonder) 8
Forsythia ovata (early forsythia) 4b
Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) 5b
Fremontodendron mexicanum (flannel bush) 9
Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo, maidenhair-tree) 5
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus) 9b
Hibiscus syriacus (shrub althea) 5b
Hypericum 'Hidcote' (Hidcote St. Johnswort) 6
Iberis sempervirens (evergreen candytuft) 5
Ilex crenata 'Convexa' (convexleaf Japanese holly) 6b
Jacaranda acutifolia (green ebony) 10
Juglans regia (English or Persian walnut) 6b
Juniperus horizontalis (creeping juniper) 3
Koelreuteria paniculata (golden rain-tree) 6
Laburnum x watereri (Waterer laburnum) 7
Lagerstroemia indica (crapemyrtle) 5b
Mahonia aquitolium (Oregon hollygrape) 5b
Malus x amoldiana (Arnold crabapple) 4
Melia azedarach (chinaberry) 7b
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) 5b
Myrtus communes (true myrtle) 8b
Nandina domestics (heavenly bamboo) 7
Nerium oleander (oleander) 8b
Olea europaea (common olive) 8
Osmanthus heterophyflus (holly osmanthus) 7
Picea abies (Norway spruce) 3
Pieris japonica (Japanese andromeda) 6
Pinus mugo var. mughus (Mugo pine) 3
Pinus radiata (Monterey pine) 7b
Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) 3b
Prunus yedoensis (Yoshino cherry) 6
Rhaphiolepis indica 'Rosea' (Indian hawthorn) 8
Rhododendron 'America' (hybrid rhododendron) 5
Rhododendron 'Loderi King George' (hybrid) 8
Rhododendron mollis hybrids (mollis azalea) 4
Rhododendron prinophyllum (roseum) (roseshell azalea) 7
Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (hybrid rhododendron) 8b
Rhododendron southern Indian hybrids (Indian azalea) 3
Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper-tree) 9b
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood) 8
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) 7
Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) 6
Syringa vulgaris (common lilac) 3b
Ulmus americana (American elm) 2
Vibumum burkwoodii (Burkwood viburnum) 5b
Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova) 5b

Courtesy of the US Dept. of Agriculture.

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