Shrubs for zone 3
These 633 shrubs grow in USDA zone 3. Zone 3 winters reach -40 to -30°F (-40 to -34°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- cranberryVaccinium macrocarponZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumZones 2 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosaZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- sweet fernComptonia peregrinaZones 2 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- woods roseRosa woodsiiZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- alder buckthornFrangula alnusZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 16 ft
- blackhaw viburnumViburnum prunifoliumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15 ft
- bladdernutStaphylea trifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 10 to 15 ft
- bush honeysuckleDiervilla loniceraZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- common juniperJuniperus communisZones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 5 to 15 ft
- lead plantAmorpha canescensZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- mapleleaf viburnumViburnum acerifoliumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- meadowsweetSpiraea albaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- nannyberry viburnumViburnum lentagoZones 2 to 8 · Sun to shade · 14 to 16 ft
- purple flowering raspberryRubus odoratusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- rosebay rhododendronRhododendron maximumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 5 to 15 ft
- smooth sumacRhus glabraZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 9 to 15 ft
- steeplebushSpiraea tomentosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Blue Shag eastern white pinePinus strobus 'Blue Shag'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Danica American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Danica'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Holmstrup American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- Bloomerang Dark Purple lilacSyringa 'Bloomerang Dark Purple'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Jim Dandy winterberryIlex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Little Lime Punch panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Little Lime Punch'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Northland blueberryVaccinium corymbosum 'Northland'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Blue Chip creeping juniperJuniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 9"
- Eliza roseRosa 'Eliza'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Fire Light panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Fire Light'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Fire Light Tidbit panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Fire Light Tidbit'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Little Quick Fire panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Little Quick Fire'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Monge lilacSyringa vulgaris 'Monge'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 ft
- Mr. Poppins winterberryIlex verticillata 'Mr. Poppins'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Quick Fire Fab panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Quick Fire Fab'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Red Sprite winterberryIlex verticillata 'Red Sprite'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Tardiva panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 ft
- Double Play Big Bang spireaSpiraea 'Double Play Big Bang'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Winter Red winterberryIlex verticillata 'Winter Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- American yewTaxus canadensisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- antelope bitterbrushPurshia tridentataZones 3 to 6 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- hobblebushViburnum lantanoidesZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 3 to 10 ft
- indigo bushAmorpha fruticosaZones 2 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 12 ft
- leatherleafChamaedaphne calyculataZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- prairie roseRosa arkansanaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- silver buffaloberryShepherdia argenteaZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- yellow rootXanthorhiza simplicissimaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- alpine currantRibes alpinumZones 2 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- sweetgaleMyrica galeZones 2 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Cardinal red twig dogwoodCornus sericea 'Cardinal'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9 ft
- Pocahontas lilacSyringa hyacinthiflora 'Pocahontas'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 10 to 12 ft
- Primrose lilacSyringa vulgaris 'Primrose'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 12 ft
- Fairytrail Green hydrangeaHydrangea 'Fairytrail Green'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Fairytrail White hydrangeaHydrangea 'Fairytrail White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Spring Grove American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Spring Grove'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 20 to 40 ft
- Arctic Fire red twig dogwoodCornus sericea 'Arctic Fire'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Beauty of Moscow lilacSyringa vulgaris 'Beauty of Moscow'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- Firelight panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Firelight'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Invincibelle Wee White smooth hydrangeaHydrangea arborescens 'Invincibelle Wee White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Canada Red chokecherryPrunus virginiana 'Canada Red'Zones 2 to 6 · Full sun
- Emerald blueberryVaccinium corymbosum 'Emerald'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Lavender Lady lilacSyringa vulgaris 'Lavender Lady'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade