Hardiness collection
Plants for USDA Zone 4a
Browse 463 Plant by ZIP profiles whose database hardiness ranges include USDA zone 4a. Hardiness is only the first gate; use ZIP lookup for frost context, heat, and site conditions.
- Zone 4a
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Profiles
Browse zone 4a plants
Adams elderberry
berries ripen in late summer
American hazelnut
nuts mature in late summer
Autumn Brilliance serviceberry
white spring flowers; red berries summer; brilliant fall color
Black Lace elderberry
berries ripen in late summer
Carmine Jewel bush cherry
dark tart cherries in midsummer
Cornelian cherry dogwood
red tart fruit in late summer
Eastern prickly pear
edible pads and fruit in summer
Eastern Prince schisandra
red berries in late summer
Low Scape Mound chokeberry
white spring flowers; black fall berries; red fall color
Nanking cherry
red cherries in early summer
Pilgrim cranberry
fruit ripens in fall
Regent serviceberry
berries ripen in early summer
Standing Ovation serviceberry
white flowers, edible berries, and fall color
Sunchoke
nutty tubers in fall and winter
Viking aronia
berries ripen in late summer
Wyldewood elderberry
large berry clusters in late summer
York elderberry
white spring flowers; large berry clusters in late summer
Anna hardy kiwi
ripens in fall
Arctic Beauty kiwi
small kiwi berries in late summer
Askola seaberry
orange berries in late summer
Black walnut
nuts mature in fall
Boreal Beast honeyberry
blue berries in late spring
Koralle lingonberry
red berries in fall
Moon and Stars watermelon
large patterned watermelons in summer
Orange Energy seaberry
orange berries in late summer
Pink Champagne currant
translucent pink clusters in midsummer
Pink Lemonade blueberry
ripens in late summer
Raspberry Wine bee balm
raspberry-red flowers in summer
Rattlesnake master
spherical greenish flowers in summer; yucca-like foliage
Rovada red currant
long red clusters in midsummer
Scarlet Runner bean
pods and edible flowers all summer
Sea kale
blanched shoots and leaves in spring
Alpine strawberry
tiny aromatic berries all summer
Anne yellow raspberry
fall primocane crop
Athena cantaloupe
netted melons in summer
Ben Sarek black currant
black berries in midsummer
Black Ice plum
dark plums in midsummer
Black Krim tomato
dark beefsteak tomatoes in summer
Bloomsdale spinach
cool-season leaves
Bluecrop highbush blueberry
ripens in midsummer
Boreal Blizzard honeyberry
large blue berries in late spring
Bright Lights Swiss chard
spring through fall leaves
Caroline red raspberry
large fall crop
Chinese multicolor spinach
summer leaves
Chioggia beet
candy-striped roots in cool seasons
Dragon Tongue bean
yellow-purple snap beans in summer
Duke northern highbush blueberry
ripens in early summer
Elliott blueberry
late-season blueberries
Florence fennel
bulbs and fronds in cool weather
Glass Gem corn
colorful dry corn ears in fall
Gravenstein apple
early tart apples in late summer
Green Flesh honeydew melon
sweet honeydew melons in late summer
Green Zebra tomato
striped green tomatoes in midsummer
Heritage red raspberry
fall-bearing crop
Hinnomaki Red gooseberry
red berries ripen in early summer
Hon Tsai Tai
purple flower shoots in cool weather
Jack O'Lantern pumpkin
carving pumpkins in fall
Jewel black raspberry
ripens in midsummer
Korean pine nut
pine nuts after long establishment
Lacinato kale
cool-season leaves
Miner's lettuce
cool-season heart-shaped greens
Napa cabbage
cool-season heads in spring or fall
North Star tart cherry
ripens in early summer
Northland blueberry
midseason blueberries
Orangeglo watermelon
orange-fleshed watermelons in summer
Osaka Purple mustard
purple leaves in cool weather
Patriot blueberry
early large blueberries
Pattypan summer squash
scalloped summer squash in warm weather
Peaches and Cream sweet corn
summer ears
Pixwell gooseberry
green-pink berries in early summer
Purple Haze carrot
purple roots with orange interior in 70 days
Purple Majesty potato
purple-fleshed potatoes in late summer
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