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.
- Hensol Violet blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifolia 'Hensol Violet'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Ivory Hearts dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Ivory Hearts'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Ivory Hearts Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosa 'Ivory Hearts'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- John Elsley bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'John Elsley'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Karine oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Karine'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- King Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'King'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Kokarde sneezeweedHelenium 'Kokarde'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Langtrees Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Langtrees'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- Little Patty’s Plum oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Little Pattys Plum'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Love Hearts dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Love Hearts'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Loysder Wieck sneezeweedHelenium 'Loysder Wieck'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Multiplex dropwortFilipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Nana spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Nana'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 9"
- New Hampshire Purple bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Odessa clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Odessa'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Potter's Wheel sneezeweedHelenium 'Potters Wheel'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Prinzessin Victoria Louise oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Prinzessin Victoria Louise'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Robinson's Red pyrethrumTanacetum coccineum 'Robinsons Red'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rosea dittanyDictamnus albus 'Rosea'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Rosea Plena soapwortSaponaria officinalis 'Rosea Plena'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Rotfuchs spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Rotfuchs'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Rotgold sneezeweedHelenium 'Rotgold'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Spring Yellow Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Spring Yellow'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- The Giant globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'The Giant'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- Tiney Hiney white wood asterEurybia divaricata 'Tiney Hiney'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3"
- Viette's Little Suzy black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Viettes Little Suzy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Zing Salmon maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Zing Salmon'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Balbrupost Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Balbrupost'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Balfroskin Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Balfroskin'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Balfrosmic Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Balfrosmic'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Balgerpur103 bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Balgerpur103'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Bath's Pink cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Baths Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Blue Charm spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Blue Charm'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Dark Purple spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Dark Purple'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Dunkelste Aller subalpine fleabaneErigeron 'Dunkelste Aller'Zones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- EnduraScape Red prairie verbenaGlandularia peruviana 'EnduraScape Red'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 12"
- EnduraScape White Blush prairie verbenaGlandularia peruviana 'EnduraScape White Blush'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 12"
- Fire Island dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Fire Island'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- FLOGB0014 blanket flowerGaillardia aristata 'FLOGB0014'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- FLOGB0060 blanket flowerGaillardia aristata 'FLOGB0060'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Heavenly black helleboreHelleborus niger 'Heavenly'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 to 12"
- Japonicum dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Japonicum'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade
- Kabitan hostaHosta sieboldii 'Kabitan'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Pacific Hybrids oxlipPrimula elatior 'Pacific Hybrids'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Pink Diamonds dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Pink Diamonds'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Robinson's Giant Crimson lake huron tansyTanacetum 'Robinsons Giant Crimson'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Robinson's Rose lake huron tansyTanacetum 'Robinsons Rose'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Rose Queen dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Rose Queen'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade
- Tiny Rubies cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Verpurg spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Verpurg'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Verspi spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Verspi'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Purple Glow bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Purple Glow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Rubra pussytoesAntennaria dioica 'Rubra'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 8 to 12"
- Alba dwarf crested irisIris cristata 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Heavenly Habit northern jacob's-ladderPolemonium boreale 'Heavenly Habit'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Powder Blue Giant dwarf crested irisIris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Schneehaube alpine rock cressArabis alpina 'Schneehaube'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 7"
- Fire Twister ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Fire Twister'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Alba willow bellCampanula persicifolia 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Baby Joe coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubium 'Baby Joe'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft