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.
- clayton's sweetrootOsmorhiza claytoniiZones 3 to 7 · Full shade · 3 ft
- daylilyHemerocallis minorZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- florist's spiraeaAstilbe japonicaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- garden rockcressArabis caucasicaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- greater wood rushLuzula sylvaticaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- groovestem Indian plantainArnoglossum plantagineumZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 5 ft
- hardy primrosePrimula kisoanaZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 6 to 9"
- hooker inulaInula hookeriZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Korean burnetSanguisorba hakusanensisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- leopard plantLigularia sibiricaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- lesser knotweedBistorta affinisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- lilac cranesbillGeranium saxatileZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- nepalese cinquefoilPotentilla nepalensisZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- short-stalked catmintNepeta subsessilisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- showy skullcapScutellaria serrataZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- silver tansyTanacetum niveumZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- smooth hedgenettleStachys tenuifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- southern harebellCampanula divaricataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- stiff cowbaneOxypolis rigidiorZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 5 ft
- sulphur cloverTrifolium ochroleuconZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- sweet trilliumTrillium vaseyiZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall hairy agrimonyAgrimonia gryposepalaZones 3 to 10 · Part to full shade · 5 ft
- veiny peaLathyrus venosusZones 3 to 8 · Part shade · 3 ft
- wavy hostaHosta undulataZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- white arrowleaf asterSymphyotrichum urophyllumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 6 ft
- yellow cobra lilyArisaema flavumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- alps yarrowAchillea distansZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Asian fawn lilyErythronium japonicumZones 3 to 9 · Part shade
- bishop's hatEpimedium alpinumZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- bishop's hatEpimedium cantabrigienseZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bishop's hatEpimedium warleyenseZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- bishop's hatEpimedium youngianumZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- broadfruit bur-reedSparganium eurycarpumZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 ft
- bugbaneActaea dahuricaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- catchflySilene cognataZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Chinese hostaHosta tardivaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- columbineAquilegia glandulosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- earth loosestrifeLysimachia terrestrisZones 3 to 8 · 3 ft
- false hempDatisca cannabinaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- French honeysuckleSulla coronariaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- gentianGentiana angustifoliaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- giant pincushion flowerCephalaria giganteaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- globe flowerTrollius ledebouriiZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- globe thistleEchinops gmeliniiZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- hostaHosta longissimaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6"
- hostaHosta venustaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6"
- lady's slipper orchidCypripedium hotei-atsumorianumZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 to 12"
- longleaf summer bluetHoustonia longifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade
- Mexican columbineAquilegia skinneriZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- milky irisIris lacteaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- mount cook buttercupRanunculus lyalliiZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- northern dragonheadDracocephalum ruyschianaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- poppyPapaver oreophilumZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 9"
- purpleleaf willowherbEpilobium coloratumZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 4 ft
- roadside agrimonyAgrimonia striataZones 3 to 10 · Part shade · 2 ft
- toad lilyTricyrtis latifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- alpine snowbellSoldanella alpinaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- culver's rootVeronicastrum sibiricumZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- orange-fruit horse-gentianTriosteum aurantiacumZones 3 to 8 · 4 ft
- stemless thistleCirsium acauleZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade