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.
- Mr. Morse Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Mr. Morse'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Oracle blue spruce stonecropPetrosedum forsterianum 'Oracle'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 9"
- Snowflake dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Snowflake'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Alba clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Alexander Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Alexander'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Amethyst in Snow knapweedCentaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Elisabeth de Haas spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Elisabeth de Haas'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- Glory spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Glory'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Hortensia cutleaf coneflowerRudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- King of Hearts Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosa 'King of Hearts'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- dittanyDictamnus albus var. purpureusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Silver Charm brunneraBrunnera 'Silver Charm'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- Warrenii sulphur cinquefoilPotentilla recta 'Warrenii'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Zimbelstern sneezeweedHelenium 'Zimbelstern'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Silver Mound white sagebrushArtemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun
- Arendsii azure monkshoodAconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Natascha wild sweetwilliamPhlox maculata 'Natascha'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Stella trailing bellflowerCampanula poscharskyana 'Stella'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Summer Sun ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Sun'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Benzinggold ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Benzinggold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Flore Pleno yellow marsh marigoldCaltha palustris 'Flore Pleno'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Karfunkelstein orpineHylotelephium telephium 'Karfunkelstein'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Light of Loddon ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Light of Loddon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Misebaya-nakafu october daphneHylotelephium sieboldii 'Misebaya-nakafu'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Pride of Exmouth willow bellCampanula persicifolia 'Pride of Exmouth'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Spitzentänzerin ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Spitzentänzerin'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Xenox orpineHylotelephium telephium 'Xenox'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Passion Hearts dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Passion Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Adrian Bloom dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Adrian Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Alan Bloom bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Alan Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Alba blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifolia 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Alba glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii 'Alba'Zones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alba Himalayan blue poppyMeconopsis baileyi 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Alba knapweedCentaurea montana 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Albus maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Albus'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 9"
- Altifolius black helleboreHelleborus niger 'Altifolius'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"
- Amethyst Dream knapweedCentaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Appar perennial flaxLinum perenne 'Appar'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Bacchanal dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Bacchanal'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Biedermeier sneezeweedHelenium 'Biedermeier'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Blackjack Gold brown-eyed susanRudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blovi black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Blue Bouquet spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Blue Bouquet'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Bridget Bloom heucherellaHeucherella 'Bridget Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Bruno sneezeweedHelenium 'Bruno'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Checkin spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Checkin'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- City Garden black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'City Garden'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Coppelia sneezeweedHelenium 'Coppelia'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Cosmopolitan spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Cosmopolitan'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6"
- Dawson Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Dawson'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Dellam spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Dellam'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- Diane's Gold Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Dianes Gold'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Elegans filipendulaFilipendula purpurea 'Elegans'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- First Snow heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides 'First Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Flammenrad sneezeweedHelenium 'Flammenrad'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Flashing Lights maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Flashing Lights'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Flore Pleno soapwortSaponaria officinalis 'Flore Pleno'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Frost King Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Frost King'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Gold Bullion knapweedCentaurea montana 'Gold Bullion'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Hadspen Cream Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Hadspen Cream'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"