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.
- Eye Catcher oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Eye Catcher'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Fancy Feathers oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fancy Feathers'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Fatima oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fatima'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Fireball oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fireball'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12"
- Helen Elizabeth oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Helen Elizabeth'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 ft
- Madonna snowdrop anemoneAnemone sylvestris 'Madonna'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Manhattan oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Manhattan'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Marlene oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Marlene'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Perry’s White oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Perrys White'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Picotee oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Picotee'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Plum Pudding oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Plum Pudding'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Pocahontas beardtonguePenstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sea Heart Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Sea Heart'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Sombrero sneezeweedHelenium 'Sombrero'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Splendide meadow rueThalictrum 'Splendide'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Star Frost globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'Star Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sterling Silver Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Sterling Silver'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Summer King common foxgloveDigitalis mertonensis 'Summer King'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sunshine Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Sunshine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Thunderdome aromatic asterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Thunderdome'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Tiffany oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Tiffany'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Turkish Delight oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Turkish Delight'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Vision Inferno Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Vision Inferno'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alabaster globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Alabaster'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Floramora hostaHosta plantaginea 'Floramora'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Genti Blue clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Genti Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Genti White clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Genti White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Max Frei soapwortSaponaria 'Max Frei'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 9 to 18"
- Pandora leopard plantLigularia dentata 'Pandora'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Pink Pewter spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Silver Heart Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Itsaul White delilah purple dianthusDianthus plumarius 'Itsaul White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9"
- Winter Glow vintage rose bergeniaBergenia crassifolia 'Winter Glow'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- silky wormwoodArtemisia frigidaZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 6 to 18"
- tube clematisClematis heracleifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- fan-leaved columbineAquilegia flabellataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 18"
- giant cowslipPrimula florindaeZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- perforate st john’s wortHypericum perforatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- stemless gentianGentiana acaulisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- azure monkshoodAconitum carmichaeliiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- turkscap lilyLilium martagonZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- autumn crocusCrocus kotschyanusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- silver-edged primrosePrimula marginataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Variegatum solomon's sealPolygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Abalone Pink peonyPaeonia 'Abalone Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Aegean peonyPaeonia 'Aegean'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Age of Victoria peonyPaeonia 'Age of Victoria'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Coral Nebula peonyPaeonia 'Coral Nebula'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Dad peonyPaeonia 'Dad'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Dutch Dwarf peonyPaeonia 'Dutch Dwarf'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 18"
- Elise McKenna peonyPaeonia 'Elise McKenna'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 7"
- Good Karma peonyPaeonia 'Good Karma'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Helen Matthews peonyPaeonia 'Helen Matthews'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Lavender Baby peonyPaeonia 'Lavender Baby'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 16 to 18"
- Louise Lossing peonyPaeonia 'Louise Lossing'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Marie Fischer peonyPaeonia 'Marie Fischer'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Nikita peonyPaeonia 'Nikita'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Pico peonyPaeonia 'Pico'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Quality Folk peonyPaeonia 'Quality Folk'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Red Rock Canyon peonyPaeonia 'Red Rock Canyon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft