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.
- Minnie Shaylor peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Minnie Shaylor'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rozella peonyPaeonia 'Rozella'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Ruffled Velvet irisIris 'Ruffled Velvet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Silver Edge irisIris 'Silver Edge'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Summer Music hostaHosta 'Summer Music'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Escarboucle dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Escarboucle'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Laydekeri Fulgens dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Laydekeri Fulgens'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Husker Red beardtonguePenstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Superba clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Superba'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Bressingham White bergeniaBergenia 'Bressingham White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Firewitch cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Lime Green desert tobaccoNicotiana 'Lime Green'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Ice Ballet swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Mammoth Red Clover red cloverTrifolium pratense 'Mammoth Red Clover'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Purple Passion asparagusAsparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- American Dream tickseedCoreopsis rosea 'American Dream'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Apricot Sparkles daylilyHemerocallis 'Apricot Sparkles'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Astra Pink balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Autumn Red daylilyHemerocallis 'Autumn Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Concord Crush Siberian irisIris sibirica 'Concord Crush'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Emerald Pink moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 6"
- Fairy Tale Pink daylilyHemerocallis 'Fairy Tale Pink'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Flame Thrower coneflowerEchinacea 'Flame Thrower'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Frosty Fire carnationDianthus 'Frosty Fire'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Gentle Shepherd daylilyHemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Going Bananas daylilyHemerocallis 'Going Bananas'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Hyperion daylilyHemerocallis 'Hyperion'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Joan Senior daylilyHemerocallis 'Joan Senior'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Little Business daylilyHemerocallis 'Little Business'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Masterpiece lupineLupinus 'Masterpiece'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mauna Loa daylilyHemerocallis 'Mauna Loa'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- May Breeze woodland phloxPhlox divaricata 'May Breeze'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Mini Pearl daylilyHemerocallis 'Mini Pearl'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Nigra hollyhockAlcea rosea 'Nigra'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 8 ft
- Prairie Blue Eyes daylilyHemerocallis 'Prairie Blue Eyes'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Snowflake moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Snowflake'Zones 2 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- tansyTanacetum vulgareZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- white cloverTrifolium repensZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Tiki Torch coneflowerEchinacea 'Tiki Torch'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Tomato Soup coneflowerEchinacea 'Tomato Soup'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Candy Stripe moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Double Pardon Me daylilyHemerocallis 'Double Pardon Me'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Medium Red Clover red cloverTrifolium pratense 'Medium Red Clover'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Onyx and Pearls beardtonguePenstemon 'Onyx and Pearls'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Victoria rhubarbRheum rhabarbarum 'Victoria'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Rocky mountain irisIris missouriensisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- trailing bellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- white doll's daisyBoltonia asteroidesZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- bethlehem sagePulmonaria saccharataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensisZones 3 to 7 · 12 to 18"
- Greek yarrowAchillea ageratifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 9"
- orpineHylotelephium telephiumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- tussock bellflowerCampanula carpaticaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- yellow foxgloveDigitalis grandifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- plume poppyMacleaya cordataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 8 ft
- sea campionSilene unifloraZones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- sneezewortAchillea ptarmicaZones 3 to 9 · 2 ft
- Atkinsii snowdropGalanthus 'Atkinsii'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8"
- Age of Gold peonyPaeonia 'Age of Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Alexander Woollcott peonyPaeonia 'Alexander Woollcott'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft