Zone 3 Berries, Shrubs & Vines

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Berries, fruiting shrubs and vines that can take a zone 3 winter: raspberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, strawberries, elderberries and more. Everything is listed A to Z, and the plants rated only to 3b, the warmer half of the zone (-35°F to -30°F), have a 3b tag on them.

More About Zone 3 Berries, Shrubs & Vines

Berries fruit faster than trees, often in the second or third year, and most of them fit in a small yard.

On this page: AC Wendy Strawberry, Adam's Elderberry, American Elderberry, Annapolis Strawberry, Anne Yellow Raspberry, Aronia Berry, Ben Lomond Black Currant, Black Velvet Gooseberry, Bluebell Grape, Boyne Raspberry, Brianna Grape, Buffaloberry, Captivator Gooseberry, Cavendish Strawberry, Cold Climate Blueberry Bundle, Consort Black Currant, Frontenac Grape, Goji Berry, Golden Currant, Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry, Honeoye Strawberry, Honeyberry, Huckleberry, Invicta Gooseberry, Itasca Grape, Jahn's Prairie Gooseberry, Jeanne Gooseberry, John's Elderberry, Jostaberry, La Crescent Grape, Marquette Grape, Montana Black Currant, Nova Raspberry, Pixwell Gooseberry, Polana Raspberry, Prairie Star Grape, Red Lake Currant, Sabrevois Grape, Sea Buckthorn, Somerset Seedless Grape, Sparkle Strawberry, Titania Black Currant, Valiant Grape and Viking Aronia.

Questions We Get

What does zone 3 mean on your scale?

On our MFTC scale, zone 3 means the coldest night you should plan for (the 1-in-30-year low) falls between -40°F and -30°F. Zone 3a runs -40°F to -35°F and zone 3b runs -35°F to -30°F. That is colder than a USDA zone 3, which is built on the average yearly low, so run your address through our cold hardiness calculator instead of going off a USDA map.