Perennials for zone 3
These 8,397 perennials grow in USDA zone 3. Zone 3 winters reach -40 to -30°F (-40 to -34°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- hostaHosta hybridsZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 22"
- daylilyHemerocallis hybridsZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- peonyPaeonia lactifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- irisIris germanicaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- creeping phloxPhlox subulataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- bleeding heartLamprocapnos spectabilisZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- rhubarbRheum rhabarbarumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- yarrowAchillea millefoliumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- blanket flowerGaillardia grandifloraZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- lupineLupinus polyphyllusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- hollyhockAlcea roseaZones 2 to 10 · Full sun · 5 to 8 ft
- delphiniumDelphinium elatumZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- columbineAquilegia vulgarisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Moonbeam coreopsisCoreopsis 'Moonbeam'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- ajugaAjuga reptansZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"
- Siebold's hostaHosta sieboldianaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 5 ft
- orange daylilyHemerocallis fulvaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- coralbellsHeuchera sanguineaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- fringed bleeding heartDicentra eximiaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Alba lamprocapnosLamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Virginia spiderwortTradescantia virginianaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- carnationDianthus superbusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- baby's breathGypsophila paniculataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- tiger lilyLilium lancifoliumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sum and Substance hostaHosta 'Sum and Substance'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- common milkweedAsclepias syriacaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- wild gingerAsarum canadenseZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- woodland phloxPhlox divaricataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Blue Angel hostaHosta 'Blue Angel'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- dense blazing starLiatris spicataZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- evening primroseOenothera biennisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- fireweedEpilobium angustifoliumZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- sweet williamDianthus barbatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sarah Bernhardt peonyPaeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- bloodrootSanguinaria canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- jack in the pulpitArisaema triphyllumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- jerusalem artichokeHelianthus tuberosusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- lady slipperCypripedium kentuckienseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lady's mantleAlchemilla mollisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- ox-eye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- perennial candytuftIberis sempervirensZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- blazing starLiatris ligulistylisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- ice plantHylotelephium spectabileZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- maltese crossSilene chalcedonicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- meadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- joe pye weedEutrochium purpureumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Mexican hatRatibida columniferaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- new england asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaeZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Siberian irisIris sibiricaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- wild bergamotMonarda fistulosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- anise hyssopAgastache foeniculumZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- blue flagIris versicolorZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- common blue violetViola sororiaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"
- woolly yarrowAchillea tomentosaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 8"
- great blue lobeliaLobelia siphiliticaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lanceleaf coreopsisCoreopsis lanceolataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft