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.
- knotweedPersicaria virginianaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- leopard plantLigularia przewalskiiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- licorice bedstrawGalium circaezansZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- limestone calamintClinopodium arkansanumZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- marsh pennywortHydrocotyle umbellataZones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8"
- meadow rueThalictrum dasycarpumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- oysterleafMertensia maritimaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- peonyPaeonia tenuifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium campestreZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- prairie spiderwortTradescantia bracteataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- silkweedArgentina pacificaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- silky asterSymphyotrichum sericeumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- slender cinquefoilPotentilla gracilisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- stiff asterIonactis linariifoliaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- swamp loosestrifeDecodon verticillatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- tall larkspurDelphinium exaltatumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- toad lilyTricyrtis formosanaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- western rattlesnake plantainGoodyera oblongifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 8 to 16"
- willowleaf asterSymphyotrichum praealtumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- anemoneAnemone cylindricaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- yellow penstemonPenstemon confertusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- common fleabaneErigeron philadelphicusZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- evening primroseOenothera pilosellaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- marsh violetViola palustrisZones 2 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6"
- prairie milkweedAsclepias hirtellaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Moerheim Beauty sneezeweedHelenium 'Moerheim Beauty'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Venusta queen of the prairieFilipendula rubra 'Venusta'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- Horizontalis calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Horizontalis'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Purple Smoke wild indigoBaptisia 'Purple Smoke'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Chandelier lupineLupinus polyphyllus 'Chandelier'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chatelaine lupineLupinus polyphyllus 'Chatelaine'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Fellowship asterSymphyotrichum 'Fellowship'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Helen Picton asterSymphyotrichum 'Helen Picton'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- James asterSymphyotrichum 'James'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Majesté pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Majesté'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade
- Rosa Sieger asterSymphyotrichum 'Rosa Sieger'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- Kit Cat nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Kit Cat'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Sissinghurst White pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9"
- Arctic Snow daylilyHemerocallis 'Arctic Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Beauty to Behold daylilyHemerocallis 'Beauty to Behold'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Burning Daylight daylilyHemerocallis 'Burning Daylight'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Cat Dancer daylilyHemerocallis 'Cat Dancer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Corona Cherry Magic dianthusDianthus 'Corona Cherry Magic'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Dan Mahony daylilyHemerocallis 'Dan Mahony'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Grey Witch daylilyHemerocallis 'Grey Witch'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Jamaican Me Crazy daylilyHemerocallis 'Jamaican Me Crazy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Julie Newmar daylilyHemerocallis 'Julie Newmar'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Killer daylilyHemerocallis 'Killer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Lime Frost daylilyHemerocallis 'Lime Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Mahogany Magic daylilyHemerocallis 'Mahogany Magic'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- North Wind Dancer daylilyHemerocallis 'North Wind Dancer'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Beau Soleil lilyLilium 'Beau Soleil'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blueberry Lemonade™ peonyPaeonia 'Blueberry Lemonade™'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Candy Apple™ peonyPaeonia 'Candy Apple™'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Dame de Coeur irisIris germanica 'Dame de Coeur'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Dolce Apple Twist coral bellsHeuchera 'Dolce Apple Twist'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 16"
- Dolce Cherry Truffles coral bellsHeuchera 'Dolce Cherry Truffles'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 16"
- Double Bubble Pink™ peonyPaeonia 'Double Bubble Pink™'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Evie Jane™ peonyPaeonia 'Evie Jane™'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Forever Blue irisIris germanica 'Forever Blue'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 12"