Gardening Zone 6By Dave Donovan

Gardening in Zone 6 offers farmers and gardening enthusiasts with a wealth of planting opportunities because this zone is accommodating to both warm- and cold-weather plants. In Zone 6, it is not uncommon for vegetable gardens and flower beds to be home to seasonal plants that can thrive regardless of the outside temperatures, resulting in a nearly year-long growing period

What to Grow in Zone 6

Thanks to the long growing season and generally mild temperatures, Zone 6 offers a great variety in planting and growing options. The flowers, fruits, vegetables, and trees and shrubs listed below all do extremely well in this hardiness zone.

Full Sun Perennials

Purple Clematis

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sonia Bee Balm Black-Eyed Susan Bleeding Heart Clematis Coneflower

Coral Bells Daisy Daylily Geranium Salvia Violet Yarrow

Full to Part Shade Perennials

Veriegated Hosta

Baneberr

y Bugbane Goatsbeard Helleborus Hosta Lily of the Valley Meadow Rue Moody Blues Solomon's SealDeciduous Shrubs

Alabama Croton

American Cranberry Bush Azalea Blueberry Butterfly Bush Cinquefoil Dogwood Forsythia Honeysuckle Hydrangea Jasmine Quince Rhododendron Rose Rose-of-Sharon

WitchhazelFall and Winter Vegetables

Radishes

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ugula Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage

Carrots Cauliflower Collard green Chives Lettuce Parsnips Radish Spinach Swiss Chard Turnips

Spring and Summer Vegetables

Beans Cantaloupe Corn Cucumbers Eggplant Okra Onions

Peppers Potatoes Pumpkin Squash Tomatoes Watermelon Zucchini

Zone 6 Is a Gardener's Delight

Planting and growing in Zone 6 is enjoyed year-round by gardening enthusiasts because all throughout the year, there are things that can be done, be it tilling the garden in early March to pulling the last bunch of

radishes out of the ground in early December. There are even gardening tasks you can do when the weather outside has turned too cold, such as harvesting seeds from your season's final offerings so you're prepared to plant all over again come the thaw