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Plants for USDA Zone 6a

Browse 742 Plant by ZIP profiles whose database hardiness ranges include USDA zone 6a. Hardiness is only the first gate; use ZIP lookup for frost context, heat, and site conditions.

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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

Chickasaw plum

ripens in early summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative thicket-formerearly pollinator flowers
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 vine

Maypop passionfruit

fruit ripens in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative passionflowerhost plant for butterflies
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
Fruit tree

Shenandoah pawpaw

ripens in September

FruitPollinators & wildlifelarge mild custardy fruitnative understory tree
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
Fruit tree

Sunflower pawpaw

custardy fruit in early fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifepartly self-fertile pawpawnative fruit tree
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

Chinese hawthorn

red fruit in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorornamental fruitsmall tree
Grape vine

Concord grape

ripens in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeclassic juice grapecold-hardy vine
Fruit shrub

Flowering quince

early spring flowers and hard fruit

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifeearly bloomthorny shrub
Annual fruit vine

Hyacinth bean

purple pods and flowers in summer

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorornamental edible vinepurple pods
Fruit tree

Illinois Everbearing mulberry

bears over several summer weeks

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy hybridproductive with little fuss
Fruit vine

Issai hardy kiwi

smooth kiwi berries in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorself-fertile hardy kiwicompact vine
Berry shrub

Jewel goumi berry

speckled red berries in late spring

FruitCurb appeal & colorcompact edible shrubfixes nitrogen
Nut tree

Kanza pecan

pecans in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colornorthern-adapted pecangood disease resistance
Fruit vine

Ken's Red hardy kiwi

red kiwi berries in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorred-fleshed kiwi berryvigorous vine
Berry shrub

Koralle lingonberry

red berries in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorlow evergreen edible shrubneeds acidic soil
Berry shrub

Legacy blueberry

ripens in midseason

FruitCurb appeal & colornorthern-southern hybridhigh-quality berry
Fruit tree

Meader American persimmon

drops ripe fruit in fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifeself-fertile selectionnative wildlife value
Fruit tree

Methley plum

ripens in early summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeself-fertile Japanese plumheavy bloom
Annual fruit vine

Moon and Stars watermelon

large patterned watermelons in summer

FruitVegetables & herbsheirloom rind patternlarge sweet fruit
Fruit tree

Nikita's Gift persimmon

orange-red fruit in fall

FruitCurb appeal & colorhybrid persimmoncold-hardy kaki flavor
Nut tree

Northern hardy pecan

nuts mature in fall

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy pecan seedling typesmaller nuts
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
Grape vine

Thomcord grape

purple seedless grapes in late summer

FruitPollinators & wildlifeConcord-Thompson hybridaromatic seedless grape
Fruit tree

Ume Japanese apricot

very early bloom and tart fruit

FruitCurb appeal & colorJapanese apricotwinter bloom
Fruit tree

20th Century Asian pear

crisp round pears in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorjuicy crisp textureproductive Asian pear
Berry perennial

Alpine strawberry

tiny aromatic berries all summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorrunnerless small-fruited strawberryedible edging
Annual fruit vine

Ambrosia cantaloupe

summer melons

FruitVegetables & herbsvery sweet muskmelonaromatic fruit
Berry cane

Anne yellow raspberry

fall primocane crop

FruitCurb appeal & colorpale yellow primocane raspberrysweet flavor
Perennial flower

Apricot Sprite agastache

apricot-orange flowers in summer

Pollinators & wildlifeCurb appeal & colorhummingbird-friendly spikesheat-loving perennial
Annual fruit vine

Athena cantaloupe

netted melons in summer

FruitVegetables & herbswidely grown Eastern melongood disease package
Fruit tree

AU Rosa plum

red Japanese-type plums in summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorSouthern-adapted plumshowy spring bloom
Fruit tree

Belle of Georgia peach

ripens in late summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorwhite freestone fruitshowy spring bloom
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
Fruit tree

Black Tartarian sweet cherry

dark sweet cherries in early summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorclassic pollinizer cherryrich sweet fruit
Fruit tree

Blenheim apricot

aromatic apricots in early summer

FruitCurb appeal & colorclassic drying apricotrich flavor
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

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