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.
- Corbett eastern columbineAquilegia canadensis 'Corbett'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Diamonds and Pearls Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Diamonds and Pearls'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Early Bird Gold black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Early Bird Gold'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Eastern Star white wood asterEurybia divaricata 'Eastern Star'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"
- Eye Catcher oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Eye Catcher'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Fancy Feathers oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fancy Feathers'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Fatima oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fatima'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Finale Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Finale'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Fireball oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Fireball'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12"
- Helen Elizabeth oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Helen Elizabeth'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 ft
- Icicle spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Icicle'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- John Proffitt fire spinner ice plantDelosperma 'John Proffitt'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3"
- Kirigami Yellow Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Kirigami Yellow'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Leonardo Compact leopard’s baneDoronicum caucasicum 'Leonardo Compact'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Love and Pride Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Love and Pride'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Madonna snowdrop anemoneAnemone sylvestris 'Madonna'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Manhattan oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Manhattan'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Marlene oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Marlene'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Orange Crush fire spinner ice plantDelosperma 'Orange Crush'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- Perry’s White oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Perrys White'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Peter Harrison new york asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Peter Harrison'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Peter Pan new york asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Peter Pan'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Picotee oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Picotee'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Pink Cotton Candy betonyBetonica officinalis 'Pink Cotton Candy'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Plum Cascade heucherellaHeucherella 'Plum Cascade'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Plum Pudding oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Plum Pudding'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Pocahontas beardtonguePenstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Purpurkerze Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Purpurkerze'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Red Thunder great burnetSanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- Robustissima windflowerEriocapitella tomentosa 'Robustissima'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Rotblum bergeniaBergenia 'Rotblum'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sakura bergeniaBergenia 'Sakura'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sea Heart Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Sea Heart'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Silver Lining white sagebrushArtemisia 'Silver Lining'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 15"
- Sombrero sneezeweedHelenium 'Sombrero'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Splendide meadow rueThalictrum 'Splendide'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Star Frost globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'Star Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sterling Silver Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Sterling Silver'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Stoplight heucherellaHeucherella 'Stoplight'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Summer King common foxgloveDigitalis mertonensis 'Summer King'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sunshine Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Sunshine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Taplow Blue globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Thunderdome aromatic asterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Thunderdome'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Tiffany oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Tiffany'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Turkish Delight oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Turkish Delight'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Vision Inferno Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Vision Inferno'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alabaster globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Alabaster'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Album shooting starPrimula jeffreyi 'Album'Zones 4 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Burnished Bronze heucherellaHeucherella 'Burnished Bronze'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Cafe Creme common foxgloveDigitalis lanata 'Cafe Creme'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Chocolate Wing rodgersiaRodgersia pinnata 'Chocolate Wing'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Cotton Tail thriftArmeria maritima 'Cotton Tail'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Emerald clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Emerald'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Flirt bergeniaBergenia 'Flirt'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Floramora hostaHosta plantaginea 'Floramora'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Fun and Games Eye Spy heucherellaHeucherella 'Fun and Games Eye Spy'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Fun and Games Red Rover heucherellaHeucherella 'Fun and Games Red Rover'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Genti Blue clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Genti Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Genti White clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Genti White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Hopscotch heucherellaHeucherella 'Hopscotch'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 900 to 12"