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.
- Purple de Oro daylilyHemerocallis 'Purple de Oro'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Queeny Purple hollyhockAlcea rosea 'Queeny Purple'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Radiant Rose hollyhockAlcea rosea 'Radiant Rose'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 6 ft
- Rainbow Loveliness carnationDianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Raspberry Pixie daylilyHemerocallis 'Raspberry Pixie'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Red Volunteer daylilyHemerocallis 'Red Volunteer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rocket City daylilyHemerocallis 'Rocket City'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Romantic Returns daylilyHemerocallis 'Romantic Returns'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Ruby Gold bleeding heartLamprocapnos spectabilis 'Ruby Gold'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Ruby Stella daylilyHemerocallis 'Ruby Stella'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Ruffled Apricot daylilyHemerocallis 'Ruffled Apricot'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sammy Russell daylilyHemerocallis 'Sammy Russell'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Siloam Double Classic daylilyHemerocallis 'Siloam Double Classic'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- South Seas daylilyHemerocallis 'South Seas'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Spellbinder daylilyHemerocallis 'Spellbinder'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- SpinTop Yellow Touch Indian blanketGaillardia 'SpinTop Yellow Touch'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Stella Supreme daylilyHemerocallis 'Stella Supreme'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Storm Shelter daylilyHemerocallis 'Storm Shelter'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Strutter's Ball daylilyHemerocallis 'Strutters Ball'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Summer Wine daylilyHemerocallis 'Summer Wine'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Tiger Swirl daylilyHemerocallis 'Tiger Swirl'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Wineberry Candy daylilyHemerocallis 'Wineberry Candy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Younique Carmine florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Younique Carmine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Younique Pink florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Younique Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Younique Salmon florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Younique Salmon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Amazing Grace moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Amazing Grace'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Amber Moon florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Amber Moon'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Blue Cross gentianGentiana cruciata 'Blue Cross'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Blue Emerald moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Blue Emerald'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Cantaloupe coneflowerEchinacea 'Cantaloupe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Crystal Peak White obedient plantPhysostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Drummond's Pink moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Drummonds Pink'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Emerald Cushion Blue moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion Blue'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Fort Hill moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Fort Hill'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Green coneflowerEchinacea 'Green'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Kitten Around nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Kitten Around'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15"
- Purple Beauty moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Red Indian blanketGaillardia 'Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Scarlet Flame moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Spintop Orange Halo Indian blanketGaillardia 'Spintop Orange Halo'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Spintop Red Starburst Indian blanketGaillardia 'Spintop Red Starburst'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Watermelon coneflowerEchinacea 'Watermelon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- White Delight moss phloxPhlox subulata 'White Delight'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Younique Lilac florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Younique Lilac'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- cascade penstemonPenstemon serrulatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- common sneezeweedHelenium autumnaleZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- downy yellow violetViola pubescensZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- giant red Indian paintbrushCastilleja miniataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden columbineAquilegia chrysanthaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- menzies burnetSanguisorba menziesiiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie asterSolidago ptarmicoidesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- rice button asterSymphyotrichum dumosumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- royal penstemonPenstemon speciosusZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- American blue vervainVerbena hastataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 6 ft
- American bonesetEupatorium perfoliatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubiumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- common bistortBistorta officinalisZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- downy phloxPhlox pilosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- eastern pasqueflowerPulsatilla patensZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 12"
- false rue anemoneEnemion biternatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"