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.
- Decadence Lemon Meringue wild indigoBaptisia 'Decadence Lemon Meringue'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Decadence Vanilla Cream wild indigoBaptisia 'Decadence Vanilla Cream'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Passion Hearts dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Passion Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Adora Blue scarlet sageSalvia ×coccinea 'Adora Blue'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Adrian Bloom dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Adrian Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Agripinella Japanese irisIris ensata 'Agripinella'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Alan Bloom bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Alan Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Alba blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifolia 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Alba glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii 'Alba'Zones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alba Himalayan blue poppyMeconopsis baileyi 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Alba knapweedCentaurea montana 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Albus maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Albus'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 9"
- Altifolius black helleboreHelleborus niger 'Altifolius'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"
- American Goldfinch wild indigoBaptisia 'American Goldfinch'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Amethyst Dream knapweedCentaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Ann pulmonariaPulmonaria rubra 'Ann'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Appar perennial flaxLinum perenne 'Appar'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Armtipp02 white turtleheadChelone 'Armtipp02'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Aurea dalmatian bellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana 'Aurea'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Autumn Cascade heucherellaHeucherella 'Autumn Cascade'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Bacchanal dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Bacchanal'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Balsalulow sneezeweedHelenium 'Balsalulow'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 15 to 18"
- Bartram coral bellsHeuchera americana 'Bartram'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Beedham spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Beedham'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- Biedermeier sneezeweedHelenium 'Biedermeier'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Blackjack Gold brown-eyed susanRudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blovi black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Blue Bouquet spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Blue Bouquet'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Blue Lagoon new york asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Blue Lagoon'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Blue Spritz Japanese irisIris ensata 'Blue Spritz'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Blueberry Sundae wild indigoBaptisia 'Blueberry Sundae'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Bridget Bloom heucherellaHeucherella 'Bridget Bloom'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Bruno sneezeweedHelenium 'Bruno'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Buttered Popcorn creeping buttercupRanunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Campbell Carpet slender mountain mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium 'Campbell Carpet'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 18"
- Carol Johnson Japanese irisIris ensata 'Carol Johnson'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Cat Springs slender mountain mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium 'Cat Springs'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Checkin spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Checkin'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Cherries Jubilee wild indigoBaptisia 'Cherries Jubilee'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chocolate Chip wild indigoBaptisia 'Chocolate Chip'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- City Garden black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'City Garden'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Coho Japanese irisIris ensata 'Coho'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Coppelia sneezeweedHelenium 'Coppelia'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Cosmopolitan spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Cosmopolitan'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6"
- Dancing Flames sneezeweedHelenium 'Dancing Flames'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- Dark Chocolate wild indigoBaptisia 'Dark Chocolate'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Darwin Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Darwin'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Dawson Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Dawson'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Dellam spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Dellam'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- Diane's Gold Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Dianes Gold'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Dudley Nevill Variegated gold dustAurinia saxatilis 'Dudley Nevill Variegated'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Elegans filipendulaFilipendula purpurea 'Elegans'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Fens Ruby cypress spurgeEuphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- First Snow heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides 'First Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Flammenrad sneezeweedHelenium 'Flammenrad'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Flashing Koi Japanese irisIris ensata 'Flashing Koi'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Flashing Lights maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Flashing Lights'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Flore Pleno soapwortSaponaria officinalis 'Flore Pleno'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Frost King Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Frost King'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Fun and Games Hopscotch heucherellaHeucherella 'Fun and Games Hopscotch'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"