Zone 8 - Perennials

Discover the best perennials for Zone 8 at Garden Crossings. These perennials thrive in hot southern climates and deliver strong drought tolerance, pollinator appeal, foliage, and beautiful, long-lasting blooms to gardens and containers. 

Whether your space is drenched in full sun or is partially shaded, there’s an option to suit your growing needs in our collection. Shop plants for your zone, including rose mallow, beardtongues, lavender, clematis, and more!

Tall spikes of densely clustered purple and pink flowers grow close together, surrounded by green leaves, creating a vibrant and colorful floral display.
An illustration of a house with flower beds in front, filled with vibrant flowers from the EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #5 Garden Kit. Below is a close-up showing the same colorful mix of flowering plants arranged together - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #5 Garden Kit: Two garden border designs shallow (10x5) and deep (12x6) featuring flower icons for yellow, purple, and pink blooms, all labeled with species and color codes. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Pollinator Sunscape #5 - Garden Kit

$179.91
$178.90 $179.91
EZ Scapes™ - Rabbit Deterrent Sunscape - Garden KitEZ Scapes™ - Rabbit Deterrent Sunscape - Garden Kit

EZ Scapes™ - Rabbit Deterrent Sunscape - Garden Kit

$155.52
$172.80 $155.52
A colored sketch shows a one-story house with a front bed planted with EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #1 Garden Kit, featuring pollinator-friendly perennials in purple, yellow, and blue, plus a detailed kit layout below the house illustration. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing two EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #1 Garden Kit layouts—Shallow Border and Island—with three plant types (yellow, blue, purple circles) in 5x10 grids of perennial flowers for pollinator-friendly placement. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Season Long Interest #1 - Garden Kit

$118.01
$139.67 $118.01
A single-story house with front flower beds planted using the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #2 Garden Kit, featuring yellow, purple, and pink blooms; close-up shows dense pollinator-friendly perennials and lush foliage. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram shows two garden layouts—a shallow and a deep border—using the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #2 Garden Kit. Featured are pollinator-friendly perennials in yellow, purple, and blue, including labeled Magic Show Spike Speedwell, Primo Heuchera, Amazing Daisies, and Denim n Lace Russian Sage. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Season Long Interest #2 - Garden Kit

$188.00
$201.29 $188.00
Illustration of the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #3 Garden Kit, showing a house with vibrant pink, purple, and green plants and shrubs in the front garden bed, presented in both front view and close-up design detail. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram of two garden layouts—Shallow Border and Island—featuring the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #3 Garden Kit with groupings of Silver Lining artemisia (green), Dark Side of the Moon astilbe (purple), and Luminary phlox (pink) on 10x5 and 10x10 grids. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Season Long Interest #3 - Garden Kit

$136.10
$148.37 $136.10
A line drawing of a house with a front garden shows the EZ Scapes™ Shady Color Garden Kit, featuring green hostas, purple-leaved plants, and small purple flowers in a detailed garden illustration. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing two EZ Scapes™ Shady Color Garden Kit layouts: a Shallow Border with Heuchera, Pulmonaria, and Hosta in rows, and an Island with the same plants in a compact oval. Both designs are labeled with plant names and measurements. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Shady Color - Garden Kit

$125.04
$130.38 $125.04
An illustrated house front yard displays landscaped beds with pollinator plants from the EZ Scapes™ Spring Pollinator Garden Kit, featuring ornamental grasses and pink, blue, and purple flowering layers. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Illustration shows two border layouts—shallow (5’ x 7’) and deep (7’ x 12’)—with color-coded circles representing pollinator plants from the EZ Scapes™ Spring Pollinator Garden Kit in different arrangements. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Spring Pollinator - Garden Kit

$172.71
$191.90 $172.71
A hand-drawn illustration shows the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 Garden Kit: a house with vibrant, deer-resistant, sun-loving flowers and pollinator-friendly plants in front, featuring both a front view and a close-up of the landscaping. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 Garden Kit includes a garden design diagram with two layouts—a 10x5 shallow or 12x5 deep border—featuring deer-resistant, pollinator-friendly flowers like dianthus, allium, grass, and hardy hibiscus. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 - Garden Kit

$128.18
$146.22 $128.18
EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #2 - Garden KitEZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #2 - Garden Kit

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #2 - Garden Kit

$170.01
$188.90 $170.01
Illustration of a house with a front yard garden bed featuring clusters of colorful, sun-loving, deer-resistant flowering shrubs from the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 Garden Kit, arranged symmetrically by the porch and windows. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two planting diagrams show layouts for the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 Garden Kit, using circles to represent three plants: Dianthus (red), Perennial Salvia (pink), and Coneflower (green) on 10x5 or 10x10 grids. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 - Garden Kit

$174.51
$181.90 $174.51
Outline of a house with pink and white flowers in front on a white background - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing plant layout with colored circles and measurements - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving Extravaganza - Garden Kit

$148.42
$156.36 $148.42
The EZ Scapes™ Bronco Country Garden Kit creates a layered garden with orange, white, and purple flowers—purple blooms at the front edge and clusters of orange flowers near the entrance to your house - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two layout diagrams for a 10x5 area show plant placement using the EZ Scapes™ Bronco Country Garden Kit, which includes Cats Pajamas Catmint (purple), Amazing Daisies Shasta Daisy (white), and Pyromania Red Hot Poker (orange) - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Bronco Country – Garden Kit

$136.73
$151.92 $136.73
Illustration of a house with front porch and pitched roof, surrounded by landscaping created with the EZ Scapes™ Buzz & Bloom #2 Garden Kit, featuring purple and green flowering plants and shrubs along the front. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.The EZ Scapes™ Buzz & Bloom #2 Garden Kit features two garden layouts—Island and Pocket Garden—displaying plant symbols for Delosperma, Sedum, Perennial Salvia, and Ornamental Grass on grids with labeled groupings and dimensions. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Buzz & Bloom #2 – Garden Kit

$133.11
$186.90 $133.11
A landscape illustration showcases a single-story house with EZ Scapes™ Carolina Heat Tolerant Garden Kit, featuring vibrant pink, purple, green, and orange flower beds and ornamental grasses in front. A close-up of the planting design is also shown - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two garden layout diagrams show the EZ Scapes™ Carolina Heat Tolerant Garden Kit plant arrangements for shallow and deep borders, featuring three flowers in labeled rows with names, colors, and dimensions for each border - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Carolina Heat Tolerant – Garden Kit

$134.93
$149.92 $134.93
A drawing of a single-story house with a front yard garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Carolina Pollinator Combo Garden Kit, featuring dense clusters of yellow, orange, red, and purple flowers in landscaped beds - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram shows two flower border layouts—Shallow (10x5) and Deep (12x7)—using the EZ Scapes™ Carolina Pollinator Combo Garden Kit in circular, color-coded patterns - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Carolina Pollinator Combo – Garden Kit

$172.71
$0.00 $172.71
A drawing features a single-story house with a porch and garage, shown with EZ Scapes™ Coastal Combination Garden Kit, displaying landscaped beds of white, pink, purple, and blue flowers. A closeup of the garden bed appears below - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two labeled layouts show EZ Scapes™ Coastal Combination Garden Kit arrangements for shallow and deep borders, with colored circles marking plant positions and heights, plus a key identifying each plant species - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Coastal Combination – Garden Kit

$140.33
$155.92 $140.33
A simple line drawing of a house with a front yard garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Cut Flower Sunscape Garden Kit; below, a detailed illustration shows the diverse blooming plants from the kit - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two garden layout diagrams for the 10’x5’ and 12’x12’ borders use colorful icons to show EZ Scapes™ Cut Flower Sunscape Garden Kit plants like Firefly yarrow, coneflower, shasta daisy, and red hot poker arranged by height and color - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Cut Flower Sunscape – Garden Kit

$153.82
$170.91 $153.82
A sketch of a single-story house with a front garden bed planted with EZ Scapes™ Flower Power #3 Garden Kit; a close-up illustration highlights the kit's pink, purple, and green flowering plants below the house. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.The EZ Scapes™ Flower Power #3 Garden Kit features two garden layouts: Shallow Border (10 x 5) and Deep Border (12 x 7), each with four plant types shown in colored circles with icons and labels for easy planning. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Flower Power #3 – Garden Kit

$141.03
$171.15 $141.03
Illustration of a house with landscaped front yard using the EZ Scapes™ Salty Garden Spaces Garden Kit, featuring green shrubs, purple flowering plants, leafy ground cover, and two chairs on the porch. Planting arrangement details shown below. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram of two garden layouts—a 5 x 7 shallow border and a 12 x 7 island—using the EZ Scapes™ Salty Garden Spaces Kit’s three plants in overlapping circles for design ideas. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Salty Garden Spaces – Garden Kit

$135.83
$156.92 $135.83
An illustration shows a house with a front garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 Garden Kit, featuring clusters of green, purple, and white ornamental grasses and flowering plants arranged symmetrically. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing plant layouts for two borders using the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 Garden Kit, with alternating rows of four plant types in blue, purple, green, and white, labeled with names and height guides. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 – Garden Kit

$137.81
$156.92 $137.81
Close-up of vibrant Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone flowers with yellow centers, pink petals and green foliage, surrounded by buds, creates a colorful, lively garden scene with this stunning fall-blooming perennial - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A vibrant garden bed brims with blooming pink flowers featuring yellow centers, including Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone, surrounded by lush green foliage and accented with small purple flowers in the lower right corner - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone

$18.99
$18.99

Dense clumps of Feather Falls™ Sedge (Carex), a variegated plant with long, slender green and white striped leaves, growing outdoors in soil - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.A Feather Falls™ Sedge (Carex), known for its long green and white striped leaves and fuzzy, wheat-like flower spikes, is potted on a patio with decorative metal furniture in the background - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Feather Falls™ Sedge (Carex)

$15.99
$19.99 $15.99

Close-up of Feathered Friends® 'Cordial Canary' Bugleweed (Ajuga) shows vibrant foliage and flower spikes—an eye-catching, evergreen ground cover perfect for shade garden - Photo Courtesy of Chris Hansen.A close-up of Feathered Friends® 'Cordial Canary' Bugleweed (Ajuga) shows dense, glossy green and gold leaves with elongated oval shapes - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Feathered Friends® 'Cordial Canary' Bugleweed (Ajuga)

$17.99
$17.99
Close-up of glossy, long, narrow reddish-brown leaves of Feathered Friends® 'Fancy Finch' Bugleweed (Ajuga), forming a dense, evergreen ground cover - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A vibrant cluster of Feathered Friends® 'Fancy Finch' Bugleweed (Ajuga) blooms in a rock-bordered garden bed, surrounded by green grass and plants. The evergreen ground cover has some yellowing leaves at its base - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Feathered Friends® 'Fancy Finch' Bugleweed (Ajuga)

$12.59
$17.99 $12.59

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What Perennials Can I Grow in Zone 8?

USDA Hardiness Zone 8 brings hot summers and mild winters, with winter temperatures dipping between 10°F and 20°F. One of its biggest benefits? Gardeners enjoy a long, warm growing season in this zone, often tending to green plants year-round. 

But Zone 8 isn’t free from growing pains. Its intense full sun, high humidity, and bouts of drought can also put stress on many plants. That’s where our Zone 8 plants come in. These perennial flowers and plants were chosen for their drought resilience, long flowering windows, and vibrant color to ensure performance success for our gardeners in the Southern U.S. and parts of the West Coast. View our Hardiness Zone Map to learn more about which regions are in Zone 8.

Feathered Friends® Petite Parakeet Zone 8 bugleweed perennials

The Best Perennials for Zone 8 Provide Design Versatility

Our Zone 8 perennials at Garden Crossings provide exceptional design versatility, working well in modern landscapes, cottage gardens, vertical gardens, containers, and exposed borders. It just comes down to choosing the right plants for your outdoor space. Though these long-blooming flowers and plants are suited for Zone 8, remember to consider your sunlight, microclimate, soil, and drainage. Contact our gardening experts or read our Planting Guide for USDA Zones 8, 9, and 10 to learn more.

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