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.
- jacob's ladderPolemonium reptansZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- labrador violetViola labradoricaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- lizard's tailSaururus cernuusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- masterwortAngelica atropurpureaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 10 ft
- maximilian sunflowerHelianthus maximilianiZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 10 ft
- poke milkweedAsclepias exaltataZones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- ohio spiderwortTradescantia ohiensisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pink turtleheadChelone lyoniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- prairie dockSilphium terebinthinaceumZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 10 ft
- purple milkweedAsclepias purpurascensZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- queen of the prairieFilipendula rubraZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- red baneberryActaea rubraZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- rose mallowHibiscus laevisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- royal catchflySilene regiaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- skyblue asterSymphyotrichum oolentangienseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- slender mountain mintPycnanthemum tenuifoliumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- sneezeweedHelenium amarumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- woodland sunflowerHelianthus divaricatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 6 ft
- tall thimbleweedAnemone virginianaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- tennessee coneflowerEchinacea tennesseensisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- violet wood sorrelOxalis violaceaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- white baneberryActaea pachypodaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- white sagebrushArtemisia ludovicianaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- white turtleheadChelone glabraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- white wood asterEurybia divaricataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- whorled milkweedAsclepias verticillataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- wild quinineParthenium integrifoliumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- wild sennaSenna marilandicaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- yellow giant hyssopAgastache nepetoidesZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- yellow wild indigoBaptisia sphaerocarpaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- yellow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Trevi Fountain pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Trevi Fountain'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 8 to 12"
- Abalone Pearl peonyPaeonia 'Abalone Pearl'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- America peonyPaeonia 'America'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Brother Stefan hostaHosta 'Brother Stefan'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 22"
- Chocolate Soldier peonyPaeonia 'Chocolate Soldier'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Coral Supreme peonyPaeonia 'Coral Supreme'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Do Tell peonyPaeonia 'Do Tell'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Etched Salmon peonyPaeonia 'Etched Salmon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Flame peonyPaeonia 'Flame'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Henry Bockstoce peonyPaeonia 'Henry Bockstoce'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Island Breeze hostaHosta 'Island Breeze'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- Jan van Leeuwen peonyPaeonia 'Jan van Leeuwen'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Krinkled White peonyPaeonia 'Krinkled White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Lady Alexandra Duff peonyPaeonia 'Lady Alexandra Duff'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Lakeside Paisley Print hostaHosta 'Lakeside Paisley Print'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 10"
- Laura Dessert peonyPaeonia 'Laura Dessert'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Miss America peonyPaeonia 'Miss America'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Mr. Goodbud sedumSedum 'Mr. Goodbud'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Neptune hostaHosta 'Neptune'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Paul's Glory hostaHosta 'Pauls Glory'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 22"
- Sea Shell peonyPaeonia 'Sea Shell'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Skywriter hostaHosta 'Skywriter'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 17"
- Athena peonyPaeonia 'Athena'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Barrington Belle peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Barrington Belle'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blaze peonyPaeonia 'Blaze'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Mammoth hostaHosta 'Blue Mammoth'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Captain Kirk hostaHosta 'Captain Kirk'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cherry Cola coral bellsHeuchera 'Cherry Cola'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"