Before shopping for plants based on your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone, please read our in-depth article about Plant Hardiness Zone Maps to understand their uses and their limitations.
Use the official USDA Hardiness Zone Map to determine your zone by zip code.
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Gladiolus 'Firedance'
Item #: 17873
Zones: 7a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 40" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Origanum calcaratum
Item #: 10263
Zones: 7a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Crete, Greece
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outTrachystemon orientalis
Item #: 918
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Bulgaria, Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $24.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outCymbidium goeringii 'Xueshanbiancao'
Item #: 17403
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helleborus x iburgensis 'Carlotta' PPAF
Item #: 18358
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Myriopteris wootonii
Item #: 6006
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dahlia 'Flame' PP 18,426
Item #: 7480
Zones: 7b to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outRohdea japonica 'Miho-no-Matsu'
Item #: 10026
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
Item #: 18810
Zones: 4b to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Europe, Iran, Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Cerastium banaticum 'Moonshine'
Item #: 17439
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia (former)
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Yucca smalliana 'Bright Edge'
Item #: 822
Zones: 5a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outSarracenia psittacina
Item #: 1314
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helleborus x hybridus 'Winter Delights Yellow w/ Blotch'
Item #: 18601
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Lepechinia hastata
Item #: 5321
Zones: 7a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outGalanthus 'Mt. Everest'
Item #: 18598
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $24.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sabal 'Birmingham'
Item #: 4084
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 180" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Asclepias incarnata
Item #: 18153
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 50" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Agave x nigra 'Sun Shark'
Item #: 11076
Zones: 8a to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dryopteris erythrosora
Item #: 858
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Nepal
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hedychium gardnerianum 'Compactum'
Item #: 2991
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Nepal
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $34.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHelleborus x lemperii 'Frosty' PPAF
Item #: 18560
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Hillandschmidt'
Item #: 17225
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Brugmansia 'Solar Eclipse'
Item #: 18010
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Lycoris radiata var. radiata 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Item #: 19053
Zones: 6b to 9b
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 17" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Plants for Zone 8
Zone 8a and Zone 8b Plants
Many of the perennial plants in our catalog are well-suited for Zones 8a or 8b. Several of our favorite species of abutilon, agave, ajuga, amorphophallus, baptisia, brugmansia, buddleia, calanthe, canna, colocasia, crinum, epimedium, hedychium, heleborus, hibiscus, hosta, kniphofia, lantana, lycoris, mangave, muhlenbergia, oxalis, paeonia, rohdea, ruscus, salvia, sarracenia, trillium, and zingiber thrive in Zones 8a or 8b. Be sure to read how we assign hardiness zones to our plants.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. Each zone is then subdivided into 5-degree F sub-zones. Zone numbers increase as you move from north to south.
Zone 8a annual minimum winter temperatures should be 10 to 15 °F (-12.2 to -9.4 °C). Zone 8b annual minimum temperatures should be 15 to 20 °F (-9.4 to -6.7 °C). Keep in mind that the zone designation does not tell you how many days the area may reach those average minimums. There can also be a major difference between what plants will grow in the 'a' or 'b' sub-zones.