Plants that belong where you live.

Regional Garden is a field guide to the native plants of the continental United States, organized the way real gardeners think: where am I, and what do I want my yard to do?

Choosing native isn’t about purity. It’s about plants that already fit your soil, your rainfall, and your winters, and that feed the bees, butterflies, and birds that evolved alongside them. The hard part has never been the gardening. It’s knowing what actually belongs. That’s the part we set out to fix.

How we map plants to places

Every species in our guide is tagged with the broad regions it’s native to and the growing conditions it needs. When you choose your state, we show only the plants whose native range reaches your region and whose hardiness zone matches yours. That’s why two neighboring states can get different lists: same flora, different climate.

Native ranges are complex and don’t stop at state lines, so we map at the regional level and always point you to your state native plant society or local extension office to confirm a plant fits your specific county. Buy nursery-propagated stock, and never dig plants from the wild.

How Regional Garden stays free

As an Amazon Associate, Regional Garden earns from qualifying purchases.

The guide is free and always will be. We keep the lights on with display ads and with affiliate links to growers and seed sources. If you buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We don’t take payment to feature a plant, and nothing here is a paid placement.

The starter kits and the notes

You can get a free starter kit for your state: three printable sheets with a plant shortlist and bed groupings, a planting-window calendar, and a first-year care checklist. They download on the page as soon as you ask for them, with no confirmation step and no waiting for email.

Giving us your email also puts you on the seasonal notes for your region, once a month, and every one of them has an unsubscribe link. We store your address to send those notes and for no other purpose. There are still no accounts and no tracking.