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.
- That's All Folks irisIris 'Thats All Folks'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Titan's Glory irisIris 'Titans Glory'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Undulata hostaHosta 'Undulata'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Vintage Wine coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Wabash irisIris 'Wabash'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Warwick Comet hostaHosta 'Warwick Comet'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Waterslide hostaHosta 'Waterslide'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Winky Double Red-White columbineAquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Double Red-White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Wolverine hostaHosta 'Wolverine'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Wu-La-La hostaHosta 'Wu-La-La'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Back in Black sedumSedum 'Back in Black'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Blue Flame garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Blue Flame'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Blue Mirror larkspurDelphinium grandiflorum 'Blue Mirror'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun
- Bowl of Love peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Love'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Cameo hostaHosta 'Cameo'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Dancing in the Moonlight hostaHosta 'Dancing in the Moonlight'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Funny Mouse hostaHosta 'Funny Mouse'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Gay Butterflies butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Glad Rags hostaHosta 'Glad Rags'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Kings Day peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Kings Day'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Lipstick Blonde hostaHosta 'Lipstick Blonde'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Little Miss Sunshine sedumSedum 'Little Miss Sunshine'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Magic Fountains delphiniumDelphinium 'Magic Fountains'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- McKana Giants columbineAquilegia 'McKana Giants'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Pink coral bellsHeuchera 'Pink'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Pocketful of Sunshine hostaHosta 'Pocketful of Sunshine'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Raspberry Sundae hostaHosta 'Raspberry Sundae'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- White columbineAquilegia 'White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12"
- Wrinkle in Time hostaHosta 'Wrinkle in Time'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Cliveden Beauty delphiniumDelphinium barlowii 'Cliveden Beauty'Zones 3 to 7 · 3 to 5 ft
- Frosted Fire sedumSedum 'Frosted Fire'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Pecher peonyPaeonia 'Pecher'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Royal Candles spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Royal Candles'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Blue Globe globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'Blue Globe'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- amphibious bistortPersicaria amphibiaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 6 ft
- bogbeanMenyanthes trifoliataZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- drumstick primrosePrimula denticulataZones 2 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- golden tickseedCoreopsis tinctoriaZones 2 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- marsh woundwortStachys palustrisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- old man's whiskersGeum triflorumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 18"
- water avensGeum rivaleZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- wood forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- yellow marsh marigoldCaltha palustrisZones 2 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- daylilyHemerocallis citrinaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- feathery false lily of the valleyMaianthemum racemosumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- siskiyou lewisiaLewisia cotyledonZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- white mugwortArtemisia lactifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- yellow meadow rueThalictrum flavumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Coral ‘n Gold peonyPaeonia 'Coral n Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Illini Warrior peonyPaeonia 'Illini Warrior'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Merry Mayshine peonyPaeonia 'Merry Mayshine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Walter Mains peonyPaeonia 'Walter Mains'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Becky Towe garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Becky Towe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Cheddar Charm peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Cheddar Charm'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Faust delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Faust'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Florentina irisIris 'Florentina'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Gypsy Romance irisIris 'Gypsy Romance'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Hello Darkness irisIris 'Hello Darkness'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Lakeside Little Tuft hostaHosta 'Lakeside Little Tuft'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Midnight Sun peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Midnight Sun'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft