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.
- showy milkweedAsclepias speciosaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- spiked speedwellVeronica spicataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- spotted dead nettleLamium maculatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- common toadflaxLinaria vulgarisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- dalmatian bellflowerCampanula portenschlagianaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- dittanyDictamnus albusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- flowering rushButomus umbellatusZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 5 ft
- gooseneck loosestrifeLysimachia clethroidesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- maiden pinkDianthus deltoidesZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- rock soapwortSaponaria ocymoidesZones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 6 to 9"
- smooth asterSymphyotrichum laeveZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Honey Gold peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Honey Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Many Happy Returns peonyPaeonia 'Many Happy Returns'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mini Skirt hostaHosta 'Mini Skirt'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 7"
- Paradigm hostaHosta 'Paradigm'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 22"
- Regal Splendor hostaHosta 'Regal Splendor'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Sagae hostaHosta 'Sagae'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Singing In The Rain peonyPaeonia 'Singing In The Rain'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Claire de Lune peonyPaeonia 'Claire de Lune'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Hadspen Blue hostaHosta 'Hadspen Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- Lemon Chiffon peonyPaeonia 'Lemon Chiffon'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Night Before Christmas hostaHosta 'Night Before Christmas'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 15 to 18"
- Snake Eyes hostaHosta 'Snake Eyes'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Victory hostaHosta 'Victory'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cat's Pajamas nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Cats Pajamas'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 14 to 20"
- Fanal astilbeAstilbe rosea 'Fanal'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Russell lupineLupinus polyphyllus 'Russell'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12"
- Sorbet peonyPaeonia 'Sorbet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Alertie peonyPaeonia 'Alertie'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Autumn Fire sedumSedum 'Autumn Fire'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Black Barlow columbineAquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Blue Spruce sedumSedum 'Blue Spruce'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- dandelionTaraxacum ungulatumZones 2 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Frances Williams hostaHosta 'Frances Williams'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Humpback Whale hostaHosta 'Humpback Whale'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Vulcan hostaHosta 'Vulcan'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- First Blush hostaHosta 'First Blush'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Terracotta yarrowAchillea millefolium 'Terracotta'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- White phloxPhlox 'White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Fernleaf peonyPaeonia 'Fernleaf'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Shadowland Autumn Frost hostaHosta 'Shadowland Autumn Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- bear grassXerophyllum tenaxZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- elecampaneInula heleniumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoidesZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- hostaHosta longipesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophyllaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- stiff goldenrodSolidago rigidaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- western columbineAquilegia formosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- allegheny monkeyflowerMimulus ringensZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- American mountain mintPycnanthemum virginianumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- ashy sunflowerHelianthus mollisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- blue wood asterSymphyotrichum cordifoliumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- broadleaf arrowheadSagittaria latifoliaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- broadleaf cattailTypha latifoliaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 10 ft
- Canadian goldenrodSolidago canadensisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Canadian white violetViola canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- closed gentianGentiana andrewsiiZones 3 to 6 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- cutleaf coneflowerRudbeckia laciniataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 9 ft
- cutleaf toothwortCardamine concatenataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"