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.
- Songbird Nightingale columbineAquilegia vulgaris 'Songbird Nightingale'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Songbird Robin columbineAquilegia vulgaris 'Songbird Robin'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sparkling Burgundy hostaHosta 'Sparkling Burgundy'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Spirit of Memphis irisIris 'Spirit of Memphis'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Splashacata irisIris 'Splashacata'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Spritzer hostaHosta 'Spritzer'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Stand by Me Lavender clematisClematis 'Stand by Me Lavender'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Summer Blues larkspurDelphinium grandiflorum 'Summer Blues'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12"
- Summer Nights larkspurDelphinium grandiflorum 'Summer Nights'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12"
- Sweet Musette irisIris 'Sweet Musette'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Taco Supreme irisIris 'Taco Supreme'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Thai Pink Jade garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Thai Pink Jade'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Tiger Honey irisIris 'Tiger Honey'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Twilight Rapture irisIris 'Twilight Rapture'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Undulata Erromena hostaHosta 'Undulata Erromena'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Undulata Variegata hostaHosta 'Undulata Variegata'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Vanilla Cream hostaHosta 'Vanilla Cream'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Venita Faye irisIris 'Venita Faye'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Vim and Vigor hostaHosta 'Vim and Vigor'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Vintage Lime coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Vintage Lime'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Virgin coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Virgin'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Whispering Spirits irisIris 'Whispering Spirits'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- White Christmas hostaHosta 'White Christmas'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- White Swirl irisIris 'White Swirl'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Who Needs A Prince irisIris 'Who Needs A Prince'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Winky Blue and White columbineAquilegia 'Winky Blue and White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Winky Blue-White columbineAquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Blue-White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Yaquina Blue irisIris 'Yaquina Blue'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Zounds hostaHosta 'Zounds'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Black Velvet delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Black Velvet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Blue Blush hostaHosta 'Blue Blush'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6"
- Blue Buccaneers larkspurDelphinium 'Blue Buccaneers'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Blue Danube hostaHosta 'Blue Danube'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Blue Wedgwood hostaHosta 'Blue Wedgwood'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Bordeaux lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis 'Bordeaux'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to shade
- Cardinal columbineAquilegia 'Cardinal'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Chatterbox coral bellsHeuchera brizoides 'Chatterbox'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Chôkô Nishiki hostaHosta 'Chôkô Nishiki'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Country Mouse hostaHosta 'Country Mouse'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3"
- Dakota Gold black-eyed susanRudbeckia hirta 'Dakota Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Deep Rose yarrowAchillea millefolium 'Deep Rose'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Dorset Blue hostaHosta 'Dorset Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- First Mate hostaHosta 'First Mate'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Flowerburst Fruit Bowl yarrowAchillea 'Flowerburst Fruit Bowl'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Garden Candy Peach-A-Licious peonyPaeonia 'Garden Candy Peach-A-Licious'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Garden Candy Pineapple Fizz peonyPaeonia 'Garden Candy Pineapple Fizz'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Garden Candy Simply Scrumptious peonyPaeonia 'Garden Candy Simply Scrumptious'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Garden Candy Strawberry Swirl peonyPaeonia 'Garden Candy Strawberry Swirl'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Garden Candy Summer Sunset peonyPaeonia 'Garden Candy Summer Sunset'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Hadspen Hawk hostaHosta 'Hadspen Hawk'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Heaven Scent jacob's-ladderPolemonium 'Heaven Scent'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Keiko peonyPaeonia 'Keiko (Adored)'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Maestro october daphneHylotelephium 'Maestro'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Marginata hostaHosta 'Marginata'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Mutabilis Plena peonyPaeonia 'Mutabilis Plena'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Orchid Yellow garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Orchid Yellow'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Pink Lightning garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Pink Lightning'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Popstar sedumSedum 'Popstar'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Purple Sprite phloxPhlox 'Purple Sprite'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Red and White columbineAquilegia 'Red and White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft