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.
- three-leaved anemoneAnemone trifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- verdigris brass buttonsLeptinella potentillinaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- arrowhead rattleboxCrotalaria sagittalisZones 4 to 9 · 16"
- false Indian plantainHasteola suaveolensZones 4 to 6 · 7 ft
- greater water dockRumex orbiculatusZones 3 to 6 · 6 ft
- lowland yellow loosestrifeLysimachia hybridaZones 3 to 8 · 3 ft
- rough bugleweedLycopus asperZones 4 to 8 · 3 ft
- schreber's asterEurybia schreberiZones 4 to 7 · 2 ft
- smooth yellow false foxgloveAureolaria flavaZones 4 to 9 · 7 ft
- swamp lousewortPedicularis lanceolataZones 3 to 7 · 3 ft
- whiteflower leafcupPolymnia canadensisZones 3 to 7 · 5 ft
- Atropurpureum cobwebby thistleCirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Album bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Album'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- Purple King dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Purple King'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Weihenstephaner Gold orange stonecropPhedimus kamtschaticus 'Weihenstephaner Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Argenteovariegata common periwinkleVinca minor 'Argenteovariegata'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Britt Marie Crawford leopard plantLigularia 'Britt Marie Crawford'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Caroline clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Caroline'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Flore Pleno meadow buttercupRanunculus acris 'Flore Pleno'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Grandiflora threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Grandiflora'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Luxuriant dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Luxuriant'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Nana white sagebrushArtemisia schmidtiana 'Nana'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Superbus globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Superbus'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Var. Striatum bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Var. Striatum'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"
- White Pearl red baneberryActaea matsumurae 'White Pearl'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Alba catchflySilene coronaria 'Alba'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Alpine Majesty Japanese irisIris ensata 'Alpine Majesty'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- goldensealHydrastis canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- irish mossSagina reveliereiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Blue Bedder viper’s buglossEchium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Feuersiegel sneezeweedHelenium 'Feuersiegel'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Firecracker fringed loosestrifeLysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Frilled Enchantment Japanese irisIris ensata 'Frilled Enchantment'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Indigo meadow sageSalvia pratensis 'Indigo'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Königstiger sneezeweedHelenium 'Königstiger'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Luc sneezeweedHelenium 'Luc'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Returning Tide Japanese irisIris ensata 'Returning Tide'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Rubinzwerg sneezeweedHelenium 'Rubinzwerg'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Stuart Boothman dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Stuart Boothman'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Waltraut sneezeweedHelenium 'Waltraut'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Apollo culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicum 'Apollo'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Camelot Mix digitalisDigitalis purpurea 'Camelot Mix'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Champagne Bubbles Mix iceland poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles Mix'Zones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 5"
- Champagne Bubbles White iceland poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles White'Zones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 3 to 5"
- HGC Pink Frost lenten roseHelleborus ballardiae 'HGC Pink Frost'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Kobold dense blazing starLiatris spicata 'Kobold'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- White Lady Spotted lenten roseHelleborus hybridus 'White Lady Spotted'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alba obedient plantPhysostegia virginiana 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- BeeBop spotted beebalmMonarda punctata 'BeeBop'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Borisii avensGeum 'Borisii'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Darwin astilbeAstilbe rosea 'Darwin'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- DOUBLE DIPPED Rainbow Sherbet coneflowerEchinacea 'DOUBLE DIPPED Rainbow Sherbet'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Fascination culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Feuerland yarrowAchillea 'Feuerland'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Johnson crane's-billGeranium 'Johnson'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Mac coneflowerEchinacea 'Mac'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- My Ways daylilyHemerocallis 'My Ways'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Neon ice plantHylotelephium spectabile 'Neon'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Perfect Profusion sageSalvia nemorosa 'Perfect Profusion'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 21"
- Souvenir d nepetaNepeta sibirica 'Souvenir d'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"