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.
- Hybrid #59 red trilliumTrillium erectum 'Hybrid #59'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Japonicum dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Japonicum'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade
- Kabitan hostaHosta sieboldii 'Kabitan'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Oktoberfest biting stonecropSedum acre 'Oktoberfest'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3"
- Pacific Hybrids oxlipPrimula elatior 'Pacific Hybrids'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Phantom spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium 'Phantom'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Pink Diamonds dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Pink Diamonds'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Quicksilver heucherellaHeucherella 'Quicksilver'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Robinson's Giant Crimson lake huron tansyTanacetum 'Robinsons Giant Crimson'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Robinson's Rose lake huron tansyTanacetum 'Robinsons Rose'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Rosalie heucherellaHeucherella 'Rosalie'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Rose Queen dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canis 'Rose Queen'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade
- Silver Dragon creeping liriopeLiriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'Zones 4 to 10 · Part to full shade
- Silver Streak heucherellaHeucherella 'Silver Streak'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Snow White heucherellaHeucherella 'Snow White'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Snowbunting white trilliumTrillium grandiflorum 'Snowbunting'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Swan Lake meadow sageSalvia pratensis 'Swan Lake'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Tiny Rubies cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Variegata broadleaf cattailTypha latifolia 'Variegata'Zones 4 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Variegatum bishop's weedAegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Verpurg spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Verpurg'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Verspi spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Verspi'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Victor Reiter thriftArmeria maritima 'Victor Reiter'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Viking Ship heucherellaHeucherella 'Viking Ship'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Yellow Petals wood lilyTrillium luteum 'Yellow Petals'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Arctic Fire maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Arctic Fire'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- Balfernarc white sagebrushArtemisia gmelinii 'Balfernarc'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 15"
- Balfernlym white sagebrushArtemisia gmelinii 'Balfernlym'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 18"
- Blue Jean Baby Russian sagePerovskia 'Blue Jean Baby'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Denim Russian sagePerovskia 'Denim'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Ivory Tower adam's needleYucca filamentosa 'Ivory Tower'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Purple Glow bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum 'Purple Glow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Queen Victoria shooting starPrimula jeffreyi 'Queen Victoria'Zones 4 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Rubra pussytoesAntennaria dioica 'Rubra'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 8 to 12"
- Alba dwarf crested irisIris cristata 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Heavenly Habit northern jacob's-ladderPolemonium boreale 'Heavenly Habit'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Powder Blue Giant dwarf crested irisIris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Schneehaube alpine rock cressArabis alpina 'Schneehaube'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 7"
- Blue Melody small camasCamassia quamash 'Blue Melody'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cherry Truffle stonecropHylotelephium maximum 'Cherry Truffle'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Claridge Druce crane's-billGeranium oxonianum 'Claridge Druce'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Fire Twister ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Fire Twister'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Miller's Crimson Japanese primrosePrimula japonica 'Millers Crimson'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sunningdale Variegated greater masterwortAstrantia major 'Sunningdale Variegated'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Wargrave Pink crane's-billGeranium oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Abbey Road greater masterwortAstrantia major 'Abbey Road'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Alba willow bellCampanula persicifolia 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Baby Joe coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubium 'Baby Joe'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Bevan cranesbillGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- Black Beauty western coneflowerRudbeckia occidentalis 'Black Beauty'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Hobbit blue eryngoEryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Blue Star eryngoEryngium alpinum 'Blue Star'Zones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Burning Hearts ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Burning Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Chettle Charm willow bellCampanula persicifolia 'Chettle Charm'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chocolate Drop stonecropHylotelephium maximum 'Chocolate Drop'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Claret greater masterwortAstrantia major 'Claret'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Firetail red bistortBistorta amplexicaulis 'Firetail'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Frosty Morn stonecropHylotelephium erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Fuldaglut caucasian stonecropPhedimus spurius 'Fuldaglut'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3"
- Little Joe coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft