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.
- Hot Pink coneflowerEchinacea 'Hot Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Irrlicht astilbeAstilbe ×rosea 'Irrlicht'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- North Hills moss phloxPhlox subulata 'North Hills'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Rainbow Rhythm Tiger Swirl daylilyHemerocallis 'Rainbow Rhythm Tiger Swirl'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Select Blue nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Select Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Sunset Celebration Indian blanketGaillardia 'Sunset Celebration'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Sunset coneflowerEchinacea 'Sunset'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sunset Flash Indian blanketGaillardia 'Sunset Flash'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Swan in Flight Siberian irisIris sibirica 'Swan in Flight'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Double Scoop Orangeberry coneflowerEchinacea 'Double Scoop Orangeberry'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Eye Candy moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Eye Candy'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Eye Caramba moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Eye Caramba'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Pretty in Pink pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Pretty in Pink'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Raspberry Eclipse daylilyHemerocallis 'Raspberry Eclipse'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Sombrero Blanco coneflowerEchinacea 'Sombrero Blanco'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Violet Riot sageSalvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- September Ruby tartarian asterAster 'September Ruby'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blue Waterfall trailing bellflowerCampanula poscharskyana 'Blue Waterfall'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Rapido Blue tussock bellflowerCampanula carpatica 'Rapido Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Rapido White tussock bellflowerCampanula carpatica 'Rapido White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- common cowslipPrimula verisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- American liverwortHepatica americanaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- common pitcher plantSarracenia purpureaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Rosea Plena common peonyPaeonia officinalis 'Rosea Plena'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cloth of Gold fern-leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Gold Plate fern-leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Bloodstone thriftArmeria maritima 'Bloodstone'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Stairway to Heaven jacob's ladderPolemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Alexander'S Great Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'AlexanderS Great'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Desdemona leopard plantLigularia dentata 'Desdemona'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Harlem oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Harlem'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Misty Blue white baneberryActaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Othello leopard plantLigularia dentata 'Othello'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Raspberry Queen oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Raspberry Queen'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Turkenlouis oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Turkenlouis'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Variegata Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Variegata'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- HGC Jacob black helleboreHelleborus niger 'HGC Jacob'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Lemon Queen globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Lemon Queen'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Murale white stonecropSedum album 'Murale'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3"
- rough gayfeatherLiatris asperaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- bristle-pointed irisIris setosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- eightpetal mountain-avensDryas octopetalaZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 8"
- small globe thistleEchinops ritroZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Cee Jay irisIris 'Cee Jay'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Dark Rosaleen mosquito billsPrimula 'Dark Rosaleen'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade
- Elbrook coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Elbrook'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Jill Curley delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Jill Curley'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Spindrift delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Spindrift'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Sun Doll irisIris 'Sun Doll'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Sweethearts delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Sweethearts'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- Bill Baker smooth phloxPhlox glaberrima 'Bill Baker'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Chocolate Cherry Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Chocolate Cherry'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Ghost spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Ghost'Zones 2 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 8"
- Bijou blanket flowerGaillardia aristata 'Bijou'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Bolero oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Bolero'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Burning Heart oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Burning Heart'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Chequers spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Chequers'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Corbett eastern columbineAquilegia canadensis 'Corbett'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Early Bird Gold black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Early Bird Gold'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Eastern Star white wood asterEurybia divaricata 'Eastern Star'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"