Hardiness collection

Plants for USDA Zone 4b

Browse 481 Plant by ZIP profiles whose database hardiness ranges include USDA zone 4b. Hardiness is only the first gate; use ZIP lookup for frost context, heat, and site conditions.

Zone 4b
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Browse zone 4b plants

Berry shrub

Adams elderberry

berries ripen in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative shrubpollinator flowers
Nut shrub

American hazelnut

nuts mature in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative thicket shrubwildlife cover
Ornamental tree

Autumn Brilliance serviceberry

white spring flowers; red berries summer; brilliant fall color

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifefour-season native treeedible fruit
Berry shrub

Black Lace elderberry

berries ripen in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colordark cutleaf foliagepink spring flowers
Berry shrub

Carmine goumi berry

scarlet berries ripen in late spring

FruitPollinators & wildlifeearly edible berryfragrant spring flowers
Fruit shrub

Carmine Jewel bush cherry

dark tart cherries in midsummer

FruitCurb appeal & colordwarf sour cherrycold-hardy prairie breeding
Fruit shrub

Cornelian cherry dogwood

red tart fruit in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifevery early yellow bloomedible dogwood fruit
Fruit cactus

Eastern prickly pear

edible pads and fruit in summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy cactusnative pollinator flowers
Fruit vine

Eastern Prince schisandra

red berries in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorfive-flavor berryshade-tolerant vine
Ornamental shrub

Low Scape Mound chokeberry

white spring flowers; black fall berries; red fall color

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifedwarf native aroniagroundcover scale
Fruit shrub

Nanking cherry

red cherries in early summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy shrub cherryearly spring bloom
Berry perennial

Pilgrim cranberry

fruit ripens in fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative low-growing evergreenneeds acidic wet soil
Berry shrub

Red Gem goumi berry

red berries ripen in late spring

FruitPollinators & wildlifenitrogen-fixing shrubtart cherry-like berries
Fruit shrub

Regent serviceberry

berries ripen in early summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative edible berriesspring flowers
Ornamental tree

Standing Ovation serviceberry

white flowers, edible berries, and fall color

FruitCurb appeal & colornarrow native serviceberrybird-friendly fruit
Perennial vegetable

Sunchoke

nutty tubers in fall and winter

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifenative sunflower tubervery vigorous
Berry shrub

Sweet Scarlet goumi

berries ripen in late spring

FruitPollinators & wildlifenitrogen-fixing shrubfragrant flowers
Berry shrub

Viking aronia

berries ripen in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeblack chokeberryexcellent fall color
Berry shrub

Wyldewood elderberry

large berry clusters in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeproductive American elderberrybeneficial flowers
Berry shrub

York elderberry

white spring flowers; large berry clusters in late summer

Privacy & screeningFruitproductive American elderberrypairs with Adams
Fruit vine

Anna hardy kiwi

ripens in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorsmooth-skinned kiwi berryvigorous vine
Fruit vine

Arctic Beauty kiwi

small kiwi berries in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorvariegated foliagevery cold-hardy vine
Berry shrub

Askola seaberry

orange berries in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorproductive sea buckthornhandles poor soil
Nut tree

Black walnut

nuts mature in fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative nut treejuglone-producing roots
Berry shrub

Boreal Beast honeyberry

blue berries in late spring

FruitPollinators & wildlifevery cold-hardy haskapearly fruit
Fruit tree

Illinois Everbearing mulberry

bears over several summer weeks

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy hybridproductive with little fuss
Berry shrub

Jewel goumi berry

speckled red berries in late spring

FruitCurb appeal & colorcompact edible shrubfixes nitrogen
Berry shrub

Koralle lingonberry

red berries in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorlow evergreen edible shrubneeds acidic soil
Fruit tree

Meader American persimmon

drops ripe fruit in fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifeself-fertile selectionnative wildlife value
Annual fruit vine

Moon and Stars watermelon

large patterned watermelons in summer

FruitVegetables & herbsheirloom rind patternlarge sweet fruit
Berry shrub

Orange Energy seaberry

orange berries in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colornitrogen-fixing shrubvery high tart juice fruit
Berry shrub

Pink Champagne currant

translucent pink clusters in midsummer

FruitCurb appeal & colormilder dessert currantbeautiful fruit clusters
Berry shrub

Pink Lemonade blueberry

ripens in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorpink blueberry hybridornamental and edible
Perennial flower

Raspberry Wine bee balm

raspberry-red flowers in summer

Pollinators & wildlifeCurb appeal & colorhummingbird plantaromatic foliage
Perennial flower

Rattlesnake master

spherical greenish flowers in summer; yucca-like foliage

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative prairie speciesarchitectural form
Berry shrub

Rovada red currant

long red clusters in midsummer

FruitCurb appeal & colorclassic European currantexcellent jelly fruit
Annual vegetable

Scarlet Runner bean

pods and edible flowers all summer

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifepollinator-friendly climbing beanscarlet flowers
Perennial vegetable

Sea kale

blanched shoots and leaves in spring

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcoastal perennial vegetableedible shoots
Berry perennial

Alpine strawberry

tiny aromatic berries all summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorrunnerless small-fruited strawberryedible edging
Berry cane

Anne yellow raspberry

fall primocane crop

FruitCurb appeal & colorpale yellow primocane raspberrysweet flavor
Annual fruit vine

Athena cantaloupe

netted melons in summer

FruitVegetables & herbswidely grown Eastern melongood disease package
Berry shrub

Ben Sarek black currant

black berries in midsummer

FruitPrivacy & screeningcompact black currantrich aromatic fruit
Fruit tree

Black Ice plum

dark plums in midsummer

FruitCurb appeal & colorvery cold-hardy plumlarge dessert fruit
Annual vegetable

Black Krim tomato

dark beefsteak tomatoes in summer

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorrich heirloom flavordark red-brown shoulders
Annual vegetable

Bloomsdale spinach

cool-season leaves

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorsavoyed leavescold-tolerant
Berry shrub

Bluecrop highbush blueberry

ripens in midsummer

FruitPrivacy & screeningclassic highbush blueberrylarge firm berries
Berry shrub

Boreal Blizzard honeyberry

large blue berries in late spring

FruitPrivacy & screeninglarge haskap berriescold-climate crop
Annual vegetable

Bright Lights Swiss chard

spring through fall leaves

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcolorful stemshandles partial shade
Berry cane

Caroline red raspberry

large fall crop

FruitPrivacy & screeningexcellent flavorvigorous primocane bearer
Nut tree

Chinese chestnut

nuts drop in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorblight-resistant chestnutgood landscape tree
Annual vegetable

Chinese multicolor spinach

summer leaves

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & coloredible amaranthcolorful foliage
Annual vegetable

Chioggia beet

candy-striped roots in cool seasons

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorItalian heirloom beetpink-and-white interior
Annual vegetable

Dragon Tongue bean

yellow-purple snap beans in summer

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorstriking podsdual snap or shell bean
Berry shrub

Duke northern highbush blueberry

ripens in early summer

FruitPrivacy & screeningearly high-yielding highbush blueberryfirm fruit
Berry shrub

Elliott blueberry

late-season blueberries

FruitCurb appeal & colorvery late harvestupright northern highbush
Annual vegetable

Florence fennel

bulbs and fronds in cool weather

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifeanise-flavored bulbbeneficial insect flowers if allowed
Annual vegetable

Glass Gem corn

colorful dry corn ears in fall

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorornamental flint cornstriking multicolor kernels
Fruit tree

Gravenstein apple

early tart apples in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & coloraromatic heirloom appleexcellent sauce and baking fruit
Annual fruit vine

Green Flesh honeydew melon

sweet honeydew melons in late summer

FruitVegetables & herbssmooth green-fleshed melonwarm-season vine
Annual vegetable

Green Zebra tomato

striped green tomatoes in midsummer

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colortart-sweet green-when-ripe tomatostriking fruit
Fruit tree

Harrow Sweet pear

ripens in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifefire blight resistancesweet dessert pear
Nut tree

Heartnut Japanese walnut

heart-shaped nuts in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorJapanese walnutlarge shade tree
Berry cane

Heritage red raspberry

fall-bearing crop

FruitPrivacy & screeningeverbearing raspberryclassic flavor
Berry shrub

Hinnomaki Red gooseberry

red berries ripen in early summer

FruitPrivacy & screeningsweet-tart dessert gooseberrycold-hardy shrub
Annual vegetable

Hon Tsai Tai

purple flower shoots in cool weather

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & coloredible flower shootspurple stems
Fruit tree

Intrepid peach

yellow peaches in midsummer

FruitCurb appeal & colorcold-hardy flower budsproductive freestone peach
Annual vegetable

Jack O'Lantern pumpkin

carving pumpkins in fall

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorclassic orange pumpkindecorative harvest
Berry cane

Jewel black raspberry

ripens in midsummer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeclassic black raspberrydeep flavor
Nut tree

Korean pine nut

pine nuts after long establishment

FruitCurb appeal & coloredible pine nutslarge evergreen
Annual vegetable

Lacinato kale

cool-season leaves

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcold-tolerant greensdark textured leaves
Annual vegetable

Miner's lettuce

cool-season heart-shaped greens

Vegetables & herbsNative plantsshade-tolerant native greenmild flavor
Annual vegetable

Napa cabbage

cool-season heads in spring or fall

Vegetables & herbsAsian greensheading brassica

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