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.
- Whirlwind hostaHosta 'Whirlwind'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Bouquet Perfect peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Bouquet Perfect'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5"
- Felix Crousse peonyPaeonia 'Felix Crousse'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mother's Choice peonyPaeonia 'Mothers Choice'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Black Princess dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Black Princess'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Colorado dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Colorado'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Cinderella swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Sahara rudbeckiaRudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 20 to 22"
- Sentimental Blue balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Caesar's Brother Siberian irisIris sibirica 'Caesars Brother'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Dark Towers beardtonguePenstemon 'Dark Towers'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Returns daylilyHemerocallis 'Happy Returns'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Pardon Me daylilyHemerocallis 'Pardon Me'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Rosy Returns daylilyHemerocallis 'Rosy Returns'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- blue bead lilyClintonia borealisZones 2 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- blue cohoshCaulophyllum thalictroidesZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- bluetsHoustonia caeruleaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- bottle gentianGentiana clausaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- canada lilyLilium canadenseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadenseZones 3 to 6 · Part to full shade · 10"
- Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coeruleaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- cow parsnipHeracleum maximumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8 ft
- dragon's mouthArethusa bulbosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 16"
- false lily of the valleyMaianthemum dilatatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"
- field thistleCirsium discolorZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 6 ft
- flowering spurgeEuphorbia corollataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- fringed loosestrifeLysimachia ciliataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden alexandersZizia aureaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden groundselPackera obovataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- golden ragwortPackera aureaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- hairy beardtonguePenstemon hirsutusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- late bonesetEupatorium serotinumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- partridge berryMitchella repensZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3"
- purple mountain saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 2"
- purple prairie cloverDalea purpureaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- rock harlequinCapnoides sempervirensZones 2 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 10"
- seaside goldenrodSolidago sempervirensZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 8 ft
- sego lilyCalochortus nuttalliiZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- showy tick trefoilDesmodium canadenseZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- spring beautyClaytonia virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- squirrel cornDicentra canadensisZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- sticky purple geraniumGeranium viscosissimumZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- sundial lupineLupinus perennisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- swamp asterSymphyotrichum puniceumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 7 ft
- twinflowerLinnaea borealisZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- white prairie cloverDalea candidaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- woodland sunflowerHelianthus strumosusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- American germanderTeucrium canadenseZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- black helleboreHelleborus nigerZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- bugbaneActaea podocarpaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 7 ft
- calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- early goldenrodSolidago junceaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- mare's tailHippuris vulgarisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- new york asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgiiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- prairie milkweedAsclepias sullivantiiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- thalictrumThalictrum pubescensZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 7 ft
- wild indigoBaptisia tinctoriaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft