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.
- Rainforest Sunrise hostaHosta 'Rainforest Sunrise'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 10"
- Fire Island hostaHosta 'Fire Island'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 15"
- Francee hostaHosta 'Francee'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Krossa Regal hostaHosta 'Krossa Regal'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Minuteman hostaHosta 'Minuteman'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Monsieur Jules Elie peonyPaeonia 'Monsieur Jules Elie'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Raspberry Sundae peonyPaeonia 'Raspberry Sundae'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Shirley Temple peonyPaeonia 'Shirley Temple'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Stella de Oro daylilyHemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- bellwortUvularia grandifloraZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- common snowdropGalanthus nivalisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"
- false solomon's sealMaianthemum stellatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- white trilliumTrillium grandiflorumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- yellow trout-lilyErythronium americanumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6"
- black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgidaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- hairy asterSymphyotrichum pilosumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Purrsian Blue nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Angel Cheeks peonyPaeonia 'Angel Cheeks'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Black Beauty peonyPaeonia 'Black Beauty'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- White Feather hostaHosta 'White Feather'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Immortality irisIris 'Immortality'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Matrona october daphneHylotelephium 'Matrona'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- aromatic asterSymphyotrichum oblongifoliumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- compass plantSilphium laciniatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 9 ft
- musk mallowMalva moschataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallidaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Siberian squillScilla sibericaZones 2 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- brown-eyed susanRudbeckia trilobaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- eastern columbineAquilegia canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pickerel weedPontederia cordataZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cytherea peonyPaeonia 'Cytherea'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- American Gold Rush black-eyed susanRudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Goldsturm black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Arizona Sun blanket flowerGaillardia 'Arizona Sun'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Alexander Fleming peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Alexander Fleming'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Picture peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Picture'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- August Moon hostaHosta 'August Moon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Big Daddy hostaHosta sieboldiana 'Big Daddy'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Dr. Alexander Fleming peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Dr. Alexander Fleming'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Empress Wu hostaHosta 'Empress Wu'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Fire and Ice hostaHosta 'Fire and Ice'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Paprika yarrowAchillea millefolium 'Paprika'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- PowWow White coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'PowWow White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Royal Standard hostaHosta 'Royal Standard'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- White Swan coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'White Swan'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blush peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Blush'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Bridal Bouquet peonyPaeonia 'Bridal Bouquet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- American spikenardAralia racemosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- blanket flowerGaillardia aristataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- bunchberryCornus canadensisZones 2 to 6 · Sun to shade · 3 to 9"
- corn mintMentha arvensisZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 3 ft
- dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canisZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- dutchman's breechesDicentra cucullariaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- hostaHosta plantagineaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- knapweedCentaurea montanaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- pearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritaceaZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- pussytoesAntennaria plantaginifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- pyrethrumTanacetum coccineumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft