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.
- purple mountain saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 2"
- purple prairie cloverDalea purpureaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- queen cupClintonia unifloraZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 10"
- rock harlequinCapnoides sempervirensZones 2 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 10"
- seaside goldenrodSolidago sempervirensZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 8 ft
- sego lilyCalochortus nuttalliiZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- showy tick trefoilDesmodium canadenseZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- snowdrop anemoneAnemone sylvestrisZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- spring beautyClaytonia virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- squirrel cornDicentra canadensisZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- sticky purple geraniumGeranium viscosissimumZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- sundial lupineLupinus perennisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- swamp asterSymphyotrichum puniceumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 7 ft
- twinflowerLinnaea borealisZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- water celeryVallisneria americanaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6 ft
- white prairie cloverDalea candidaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- wingstemVerbesina alternifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- woodland sunflowerHelianthus strumosusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- American germanderTeucrium canadenseZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- American ginsengPanax quinquefoliusZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- American pokeweedPhytolacca americanaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 10 ft
- black helleboreHelleborus nigerZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- bugbaneActaea podocarpaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 7 ft
- bullrushTypha laxmanniiZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- cinquefoilPotentilla pusillaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- American alumrootHeuchera americanaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- creeping liriopeLiriope spicataZones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- cupid's dartCatananche caeruleaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- cypress spurgeEuphorbia cyparissiasZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- early goldenrodSolidago junceaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- evolvulusEvolvulus nuttallianusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- fairy wandChamaelirium luteumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- figwortScrophularia marilandicaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 10 ft
- heartleaf skullcapScutellaria ovataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- loosestrifeLysimachia punctataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- mare's tailHippuris vulgarisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- new york asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgiiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- northern bedstrawGalium borealeZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- prairie milkweedAsclepias sullivantiiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- sacred lotusNelumbo nuciferaZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- southernwoodArtemisia abrotanumZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- thalictrumThalictrum pubescensZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 7 ft
- wild indigoBaptisia tinctoriaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- watershieldBrasenia schreberiZones 3 to 10 · Full sun
- Caradonna sageSalvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Blue Moon woodland phloxPhlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Icterina sageSalvia officinalis 'Icterina'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Iron Butterfly ironweedVernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Ann Cousins peonyPaeonia 'Ann Cousins'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Avalanche peonyPaeonia 'Avalanche'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Blush Queen peonyPaeonia 'Blush Queen'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10"
- Bridal Shower peonyPaeonia 'Bridal Shower'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Candy Stripe peonyPaeonia 'Candy Stripe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Catharina Fontijn peonyPaeonia 'Catharina Fontijn'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Chiffon Parfait peonyPaeonia 'Chiffon Parfait'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Command Performance peonyPaeonia 'Command Performance'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Cora Stubbs peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Cora Stubbs'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft