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.
- Nana lobed tickseedCoreopsis auriculata 'Nana'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Roma greater masterwortAstrantia major 'Roma'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Rosea white evening primroseOenothera speciosa 'Rosea'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Ruby Cloud greater masterwortAstrantia major 'Ruby Cloud'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sun Up largeflower tickseedCoreopsis grandiflora 'Sun Up'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Variegatum fairy bellsDisporum sessile 'Variegatum'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Yellow Fully Double Coreopsis largeflower tickseedCoreopsis grandiflora 'Yellow Fully Double Coreopsis'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 14"
- Bleeding Hearts ox eyeHeliopsis helianthoides 'Bleeding Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Bronze Beauty bugleAjuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade
- Lewis Flax prairie flaxLinum lewisii 'Lewis Flax'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Francee wavy hostaHosta undulata 'Francee'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Vivid Violet giga blue pincushion flowerScabiosa columbaria 'Vivid Violet'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Washfield short-stalked catmintNepeta subsessilis 'Washfield'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pine-needle beardtonguePenstemon pinifoliusZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 12"
- virginian bluebellsMertensia virginicaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Brunette simple-stemmed bugbaneActaea simplex 'Brunette'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Chocolate Shogun florist's spiraeaAstilbe thunbergii 'Chocolate Shogun'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Gold Standard wavy hostaHosta undulata 'Gold Standard'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Montgomery florist's spiraeaAstilbe japonica 'Montgomery'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Orange Queen bishop's hatEpimedium warleyense 'Orange Queen'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Superba meadow bistortBistorta carnea 'Superba'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Terrace City turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Terrace City'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Autumn Bride hairy alum rootHeuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chantilly Lace bride's feathersAruncus dioicus 'Chantilly Lace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Dropmore blue buglossAnchusa azurea 'Dropmore'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Horatio bride's feathersAruncus dioicus 'Horatio'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Lavender Glowsticks cattail gayfeatherLiatris pycnostachya 'Lavender Glowsticks'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Misty Lace bride's feathersAruncus dioicus 'Misty Lace'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Niveum bishop's hatEpimedium youngianum 'Niveum'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Red Sentinel florist's spiraeaAstilbe japonica 'Red Sentinel'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rheinland florist's spiraeaAstilbe japonica 'Rheinland'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Sunset Shades common cowslipPrimula veris 'Sunset Shades'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Deutschland florist's spiraeaAstilbe japonica 'Deutschland'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Veitch small globe thistleEchinops ritro 'Veitch'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- black cohoshActaea racemosaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 7 ft
- White Beauty california fawnlilyErythronium californicum 'White Beauty'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Pagoda tuolumne dog tooth violetErythronium tuolumnense 'Pagoda'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sabine lady's slipperCypripedium 'Sabine'Zones 3 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- showy lady's slipper orchidCypripedium reginaeZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Victoria lady's slipperCypripedium 'Victoria'Zones 3 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bush's purple coneflowerEchinacea paradoxaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Caerulea suksdorf's large camasCamassia leichtlinii 'Caerulea'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- triple-veined pearly everlastingAnaphalis triplinervisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- dwarf goat's beardAruncus aethusifoliusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- James Compton simple-stemmed bugbaneActaea simplex 'James Compton'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- gold-marked irisIris chrysographesZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Hank Small lady's slipperCypripedium 'Hank Small'Zones 4 to 7 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Hillside Black Beauty simple-stemmed bugbaneActaea simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 6 ft
- round-headed Himalayan primrosePrimula capitataZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 12"
- wherry's foam flowerTiarella wherryiZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- dwarf lady's mantleAlchemilla erythropodaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Sommerschnee triple-veined pearly everlastingAnaphalis triplinervis 'Sommerschnee'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- densespike blazing starLiatris punctataZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- firecracker penstemonPenstemon eatoniiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Kondo tuolumne dog tooth violetErythronium tuolumnense 'Kondo'Zones 4 to 9 · Part shade · 12"
- willow-leaved foxgloveDigitalis obscuraZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- yellow lady's-slipper orchidCypripedium parviflorumZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Champagne Bubbles Orange icelandic poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles Orange'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 15"
- Champagne Bubbles Scarlet icelandic poppyOreomecon anomala 'Champagne Bubbles Scarlet'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 15"
- dwarf crested irisIris cristataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"