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 venustaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6"
- lady's slipper orchidCypripedium hotei-atsumorianumZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 to 12"
- longleaf summer bluetHoustonia longifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade
- Mexican columbineAquilegia skinneriZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- milky irisIris lacteaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- northern dragonheadDracocephalum ruyschianaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- roadside agrimonyAgrimonia striataZones 3 to 10 · Part shade · 2 ft
- culver's rootVeronicastrum sibiricumZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- orange-fruit horse-gentianTriosteum aurantiacumZones 3 to 8 · 4 ft
- stemless thistleCirsium acauleZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- greater water dockRumex orbiculatusZones 3 to 6 · 6 ft
- lowland yellow loosestrifeLysimachia hybridaZones 3 to 8 · 3 ft
- swamp lousewortPedicularis lanceolataZones 3 to 7 · 3 ft
- whiteflower leafcupPolymnia canadensisZones 3 to 7 · 5 ft
- Purple King dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Purple King'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Weihenstephaner Gold orange stonecropPhedimus kamtschaticus 'Weihenstephaner Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Caroline clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Caroline'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Grandiflora threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Grandiflora'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Luxuriant dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Luxuriant'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Superbus globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Superbus'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- goldensealHydrastis canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Blue Bedder viper’s buglossEchium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Feuersiegel sneezeweedHelenium 'Feuersiegel'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Firecracker fringed loosestrifeLysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Indigo meadow sageSalvia pratensis 'Indigo'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Königstiger sneezeweedHelenium 'Königstiger'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Luc sneezeweedHelenium 'Luc'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Rubinzwerg sneezeweedHelenium 'Rubinzwerg'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Stuart Boothman dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Stuart Boothman'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Waltraut sneezeweedHelenium 'Waltraut'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Apollo culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicum 'Apollo'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Champagne Bubbles Mix iceland poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles Mix'Zones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 5"
- Champagne Bubbles White iceland poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles White'Zones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 5"
- Kobold dense blazing starLiatris spicata 'Kobold'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Alba obedient plantPhysostegia virginiana 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Borisii avensGeum 'Borisii'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Fascination culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Feuerland yarrowAchillea 'Feuerland'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- My Ways daylilyHemerocallis 'My Ways'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Neon ice plantHylotelephium spectabile 'Neon'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Souvenir d nepetaNepeta sibirica 'Souvenir d'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Whodunit blue flagIris versicolor 'Whodunit'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Arabian Knight turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Arabian Knight'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Orange Marmalade turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Orange Marmalade'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sunny Morning turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Sunny Morning'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Laced Monarch delilah purple dianthusDianthus plumarius 'Laced Monarch'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Platinum Blue small globe thistleEchinops ritro 'Platinum Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Beth Evans fumewortCorydalis solida 'Beth Evans'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 8 to 12"
- Albiflorus dittanyDictamnus albus 'Albiflorus'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Little Bead bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Little Bead'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Eden bergeniaBergenia 'Eden'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Ankum bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Ankum'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Aviemore bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Aviemore'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Brimstone heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides 'Brimstone'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Chieftain blue wood asterSymphyotrichum cordifolium 'Chieftain'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Golden Spray heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides 'Golden Spray'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Mister Morse Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Mister Morse'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Orchard Dene spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatum 'Orchard Dene'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Purple Bush spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatum 'Purple Bush'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Rubra Compacta rock soapwortSaponaria ocymoides 'Rubra Compacta'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun