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Here are some plants that thrive well in each zone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
Zone 1 Average annual minimum temperature below -50 degrees Betula glandulosa (dwarf birch) Empetrum nigrum (black crowberry) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla pensylvanica (Pennsylvania cinquefoil) Rhododendron lapponicum (Lapland rhododendron) Salix reticulata (netleaf willow) Zone 2 Average annual minimum temperature -50 to -40 degrees Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) Elaeagnus commutata (silverberry) Larix laricina (eastern larch) Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American cranberry-bush) Zone 3 Average annual minimum temperature -40 to -30 degrees Acer saccharum (sugar maple) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Hydrangea paniculata (panicle hydrangea) Juniperus communis (common juniper) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Malus baccata (Siberian crabapple) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Spiraea x vanhouttei (Van Houtte spirea) Thuja occidentalis (American arborvitae) Zone 4 Average annual minimum temperature -30 to -20 degrees Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) Juniperus chinensis (Chinese juniper) Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. suave (Amur privet) Ligustrum vulgare (common privet) Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston ivy) Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) Zone 5 Average annual minimum temperature -20 to -10 degrees Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) Cotoneaster microphyllus (small-leaf cotoneaster) Deutzia gracilis (slender deutzia) Euonymus fortunei (winter-creeper) Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) Look up another zip code Plants for growing in zones 6-10
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