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.
- long spurred violetViola rostrataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 10"
- miniature cattailTypha minimaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- mountain monardellaMonardella odoratissimaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- nettleleaf giant hyssopAgastache urticifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 6 ft
- nightcapsAnemone quinquefoliaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6"
- parasol whitetopDoellingeria umbellataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- prairie bluebellsMertensia lanceolataZones 3 to 6 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie flaxLinum lewisiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie spiderwortTradescantia occidentalisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- pygmy water lilyNymphaea tetragonaZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 6"
- riddell's goldenrodSolidago riddelliiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- rose pogoniaPogonia ophioglossoidesZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- sawtooth sunflowerHelianthus grosseserratusZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 10 ft
- slender bush cloverLespedeza virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- stiff sunflowerHelianthus pauciflorusZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- swamp thistleCirsium muticumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 7 ft
- tall bluebellsMertensia paniculataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall cinquefoilDrymocallis argutaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- tall thistleCirsium altissimumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- western coneflowerRudbeckia occidentalisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- white panicle asterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- wild hollyhockIliamna rivularisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- wood lilyLilium philadelphicumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- yellow water lilyNymphaea mexicanaZones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- alum rootHeuchera richardsoniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bog goldenrodSolidago uliginosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- bush cloverLespedeza capitataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Carolina larkspurDelphinium carolinianumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- drummond asterSymphyotrichum drummondiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- elmleaf goldenrodSolidago ulmifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- eryngoEryngium alpinumZones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- globe flowerTrollius europaeusZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- meadow rueThalictrum dasycarpumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- oysterleafMertensia maritimaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- prairie blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium campestreZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- prairie spiderwortTradescantia bracteataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- silky asterSymphyotrichum sericeumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- slender cinquefoilPotentilla gracilisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- swamp loosestrifeDecodon verticillatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- western rattlesnake plantainGoodyera oblongifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 to 16"
- willowleaf asterSymphyotrichum praealtumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- anemoneAnemone cylindricaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- yellow penstemonPenstemon confertusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- common fleabaneErigeron philadelphicusZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- evening primroseOenothera pilosellaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- marsh violetViola palustrisZones 2 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6"
- Moerheim Beauty sneezeweedHelenium 'Moerheim Beauty'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Venusta queen of the prairieFilipendula rubra 'Venusta'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- Majesté pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Majesté'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade
- Kit Cat nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Kit Cat'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Arctic Snow daylilyHemerocallis 'Arctic Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Beauty to Behold daylilyHemerocallis 'Beauty to Behold'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Burning Daylight daylilyHemerocallis 'Burning Daylight'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Cat Dancer daylilyHemerocallis 'Cat Dancer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Dan Mahony daylilyHemerocallis 'Dan Mahony'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Grey Witch daylilyHemerocallis 'Grey Witch'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Jamaican Me Crazy daylilyHemerocallis 'Jamaican Me Crazy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Julie Newmar daylilyHemerocallis 'Julie Newmar'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Killer daylilyHemerocallis 'Killer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Lime Frost daylilyHemerocallis 'Lime Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade