This 8-bit themed plant catalog lists native and recommended plants by USDA hardiness zone, including their growing season, ideal soil pH, and a fun fact for each.

🌱 8-Bit Garden Zone Catalog 🌱
Plant Zone Season Best Soil Fun Fact
Wild Bergamot 5b Summer 6.0 - 7.0 Attracts bees and butterflies like a magnet!
Columbine 5b Spring 6.0 – 7.0 Can grow in both sun and partial shade, a true shapeshifter!
Prairie Dropseed 5b Late Summer 6.0 – 6.5 Smells like popcorn when it blooms!
Fireweed 3 Summer 5.5 – 7.0 One of the first plants to return after a wildfire!
Pasque Flower 3 Spring 6.0 – 7.5 Blooms even before snow fully melts.
Bearberry 3 Fall 4.5 – 5.5 Low-growing evergreen that bears love.
New England Aster 4 Fall 5.5 – 7.5 Vital nectar source for late-season pollinators.
Wild Ginger 4 Spring 6.0 – 6.5 Not a true ginger, but smells just as spicy.
Bottle Gentian 4 Late Summer 5.0 – 6.0 Its flowers stay closed — only bumblebees can open them!
Butterfly Weed 6 Summer 6.0 – 7.0 A monarch caterpillar favorite!
Joe Pye Weed 6 Late Summer 5.5 – 7.0 Named after a Native American healer.
Virginia Bluebells 6 Spring 6.0 – 7.0 Bell-shaped flowers that change from pink to blue!
Coral Honeysuckle 7 Summer 6.0 – 7.5 Hummingbirds love this vine!
Eastern Red Columbine 7 Spring 6.0 – 8.0 Native bees and hummingbirds snack here.
Black-eyed Susan 7 Summer 6.0 – 7.0 Popular in pollinator gardens for a reason!
Texas Sage 8 Summer 6.0 – 8.0 Also called “barometer bush” because it blooms before rain.
Spicebush 8 Spring 5.5 – 6.5 Host plant for the spicebush swallowtail butterfly.
Turk’s Cap 8 Summer to Fall 6.0 – 7.0 Bright red flowers that curl like a turban!
Blanket Flower 9 Summer 6.1 – 6.5 Named for its bright, woven-blanket pattern!
Coontie 9 Year-round 6.0 – 6.5 A Florida native with ancient roots — literally, it’s a cycad!
Salvia 9 Summer 6.0 – 7.0 Blooms long and attracts pollinators of all kinds!