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.
- greater purple fringed orchidPlatanthera grandifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- hairy false goldenasterHeterotheca villosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Japanese burnetSanguisorba obtusaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lobed tickseedCoreopsis auriculataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- long spurred violetViola rostrataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 10"
- miniature cattailTypha minimaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- mountain monardellaMonardella odoratissimaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- munro's globemallowSphaeralcea munroanaZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- nettleleaf giant hyssopAgastache urticifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 6 ft
- nightcapsAnemone quinquefoliaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6"
- orange sneezeweedHymenoxys hoopesiiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pale evening primroseOenothera pallidaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- parasol whitetopDoellingeria umbellataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- prairie bluebellsMertensia lanceolataZones 3 to 6 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie flaxLinum lewisiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie spiderwortTradescantia occidentalisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- purple bergamotMonarda mediaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pygmy water lilyNymphaea tetragonaZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 6"
- riddell's goldenrodSolidago riddelliiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- rose pogoniaPogonia ophioglossoidesZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- sawtooth sunflowerHelianthus grosseserratusZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 10 ft
- showy goldeneyeHeliomeris multifloraZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 4 ft
- slender bush cloverLespedeza virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- spreading phloxPhlox diffusaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 6"
- stemmy four-nerve daisyTetraneuris scaposaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- stiff sunflowerHelianthus pauciflorusZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- swamp thistleCirsium muticumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 7 ft
- tall bluebellsMertensia paniculataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall cinquefoilDrymocallis argutaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- tall thistleCirsium altissimumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- tufted evening primroseOenothera cespitosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 12"
- umbrella leafPodophyllum grayiZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Virginia meadow beautyRhexia virginicaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- water horsetailEquisetum fluviatileZones 4 to 11 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- western coneflowerRudbeckia occidentalisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- western vervainVerbena lasiostachysZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- white fringed orchidPlatanthera blephariglottisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 0 to 4 ft
- white panicle asterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- wild hollyhockIliamna rivularisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- wild sennaSenna hebecarpaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- wood lilyLilium philadelphicumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- woollypod milkweedAsclepias eriocarpaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- yellow pimpernelTaenidia integerrimaZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- yellow water lilyNymphaea mexicanaZones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- alum rootHeuchera richardsoniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- American ipecacGillenia stipulataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- bog goldenrodSolidago uliginosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- bush cloverLespedeza capitataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Canadian lousewortPedicularis canadensisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Canadian waterweedElodea canadensisZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Carolina larkspurDelphinium carolinianumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- drummond asterSymphyotrichum drummondiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- eastern waterleafHydrophyllum virginianumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- sanguine purple coneflowerEchinacea sanguineaZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- elmleaf goldenrodSolidago ulmifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- eryngoEryngium alpinumZones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- fairy bellsDisporum cantonienseZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 5 ft
- forked asterEurybia furcataZones 4 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- globe flowerTrollius europaeusZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- hollyhockAlcea rugosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 9 ft