Perennials for zone 4
These 10,364 perennials grow in USDA zone 4. Zone 4 winters reach -30 to -20°F (-34 to -29°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- Royal Ruby tartarian asterAster 'Royal Ruby'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sapphire rice button asterSymphyotrichum dumosum 'Sapphire'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Skyward garden speedwellVeronica longifolia 'Skyward'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Snowcap prairie spiderwortTradescantia 'Snowcap'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Violetta tartarian asterAster 'Violetta'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Elfin Pink bearded penstemonPenstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Gold prairie spiderwortTradescantia '& Gold'Zones 4 to 12 · Sun to part shade
- Joseph Green hardy geraniumGeranium phaeum 'Joseph Green'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Little Leo leopard’s baneDoronicum 'Little Leo'Zones 4 to 7 · Part shade · 6 to 18"
- Vibrant Dome New England tartarian asterAster 'Vibrant Dome New England'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Salud Embers common sneezeweedHelenium autumnale 'Salud Embers'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- alpine forget-me-notMyosotis asiaticaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- common astilboidesAstilboides tabularisZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- crooked asterSymphyotrichum prenanthoidesZones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 4 ft
- diamondflowersStenaria nigricansZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 20"
- flat-top goldentopEuthamia graminifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- groundplum milkvetchAstragalus crassicarpusZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 12"
- hookedspur violetViola aduncaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 14"
- largeleaf avensGeum macrophyllumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- northern marsh orchidDactylorhiza purpurellaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- pink lady's slipper orchidCypripedium acauleZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- plains evening primroseOenothera serrulatusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- purple cinquefoilComarum palustreZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- rydberg's penstemonPenstemon rydbergiiZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- scarlet Indian paintbrushCastilleja coccineaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- scented penstemonPenstemon palmeriZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- sierra larkspurDelphinium glaucumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 9 ft
- slender blue irisIris prismaticaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall fringed bluebellsMertensia ciliataZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- tansyTanacetum macrophyllumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- ten-petaled sunflowerHelianthus decapetalusZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- blue buglossAnchusa azureaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- columbineAquilegia viridifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- false lily of the valleyMaianthemum bifoliumZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 6 to 9"
- gentian speedwellVeronica gentianoidesZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- hairy alum rootHeuchera villosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- knapweedPsephellus dealbatusZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- large speedwellVeronica austriacaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lilyLilium pumilumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- marsh purslaneLudwigia palustrisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12"
- narcissus anemoneAnemonastrum demissumZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- obedient plantPhysostegia angustifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- sea lavenderLimonium platyphyllumZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- spreading asterSymphyotrichum patensZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- venus penstemonPenstemon venustusZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- golden asterHeterotheca camporumZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- hairy goldenrodSolidago hispidaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- hostaHosta kiyosumiensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- narrowleaf gentianGentiana linearisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Virginia fanpetalsRipariosida hermaphroditaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 15 ft
- Bacchanal Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosa 'Bacchanal'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Riesenschirm spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatum 'Riesenschirm'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Silberlicht bergeniaBergenia 'Silberlicht'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Feuerhexe carnationDianthus 'Feuerhexe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Russell's Formula Mix lupineLupinus polyphyllus 'Russells Formula Mix'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Andenken an Paul Gerber asterSymphyotrichum 'Andenken an Paul Gerber'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Badsey Pink asterSymphyotrichum 'Badsey Pink'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Barr asterSymphyotrichum 'Barr'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Brunswick asterSymphyotrichum 'Brunswick'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Colwall Century asterSymphyotrichum 'Colwall Century'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft