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.
- Bevan cranesbillGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- Black Beauty western coneflowerRudbeckia occidentalis 'Black Beauty'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Star eryngoEryngium alpinum 'Blue Star'Zones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Burning Hearts ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Burning Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Chettle Charm willow bellCampanula persicifolia 'Chettle Charm'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Frosty Morn stonecropHylotelephium erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Little Joe coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Bleeding Hearts ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Bleeding Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Francee wavy hostaHosta undulata 'Francee'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Vivid Violet giga blue pincushion flowerScabiosa columbaria 'Vivid Violet'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- virginian bluebellsMertensia virginicaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Brunette simple-stemmed bugbaneActaea simplex 'Brunette'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Gold Standard wavy hostaHosta undulata 'Gold Standard'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Superba meadow bistortBistorta carnea 'Superba'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Terrace City turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Terrace City'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Autumn Bride hairy alum rootHeuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chantilly Lace bride's feathersAruncus dioicus 'Chantilly Lace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Dropmore blue buglossAnchusa azurea 'Dropmore'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Lavender Glowsticks cattail gayfeatherLiatris pycnostachya 'Lavender Glowsticks'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Sunset Shades common cowslipPrimula veris 'Sunset Shades'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Veitch small globe thistleEchinops ritro 'Veitch'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- White Beauty california fawnlilyErythronium californicum 'White Beauty'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Sabine lady's slipperCypripedium 'Sabine'Zones 3 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- showy lady's slipper orchidCypripedium reginaeZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Victoria lady's slipperCypripedium 'Victoria'Zones 3 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bush's purple coneflowerEchinacea paradoxaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Caerulea suksdorf's large camasCamassia leichtlinii 'Caerulea'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- triple-veined pearly everlastingAnaphalis triplinervisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- dwarf goat's beardAruncus aethusifoliusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- James Compton simple-stemmed bugbaneActaea simplex 'James Compton'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- gold-marked irisIris chrysographesZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wherry's foam flowerTiarella wherryiZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- dwarf lady's mantleAlchemilla erythropodaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Sommerschnee triple-veined pearly everlastingAnaphalis triplinervis 'Sommerschnee'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- densespike blazing starLiatris punctataZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- yellow lady's-slipper orchidCypripedium parviflorumZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- eastern round-leaved violetViola rotundifoliaZones 3 to 7 · Full shade · 3 to 6"
- fewleaf sunflowerHelianthus occidentalisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- noble goldenrodSolidago speciosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- painted wake robinTrillium undulatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- pussytoesAntennaria dioicaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 9"
- roundleaf alum-rootHeuchera cylindricaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- small-flowered anemoneAnemone parvifloraZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- tickseedCoreopsis tripterisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 8 ft
- Wanda mosquito billsPrimula juliae 'Wanda'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6"
- white dog's-tooth violetErythronium albidumZones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Alba suksdorf's large camasCamassia leichtlinii 'Alba'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- heartleaf alexandersZizia apteraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- lady's slipperCypripedium alaskanumZones 2 to 8 · Part shade · 8 to 12"
- magnificent elecampaneInula magnificaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- needletip blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium mucronatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- pincushion beardtonguePenstemon procerusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- spotted lady's slipper orchidCypripedium guttatumZones 2 to 4 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- eastern blazingstarLiatris scariosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- mad-dog scullcapScutellaria laterifloraZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- northern jacob's-ladderPolemonium borealeZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- round fruited st. john's wortHypericum sphaerocarpumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mrs. Moon lungwortPulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Tuscan Sun false sunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides 'Tuscan Sun'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Félix Crousse peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Félix Crousse'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft