Perennials for zone 9
These 4,061 perennials grow in USDA zone 9. Zone 9 winters reach 20 to 30°F (-7 to -1°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- Bengal Tiger threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Bengal Tiger'Zones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Decadence Dutch Chocolate wild indigoBaptisia 'Decadence Dutch Chocolate'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Decadence Lemon Meringue wild indigoBaptisia 'Decadence Lemon Meringue'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Decadence Vanilla Cream wild indigoBaptisia 'Decadence Vanilla Cream'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Firebird beardtonguePenstemon hartwegii 'Firebird'Zones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Homestead Purple rose verbenaGlandularia canadensis 'Homestead Purple'Zones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Oak Leaf bear's breechesAcanthus mollis 'Oak Leaf'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to shade · 5 ft
- Passion Hearts dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Passion Hearts'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sour Grapes beardtonguePenstemon hartwegii 'Sour Grapes'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Agripinella Japanese irisIris ensata 'Agripinella'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Alba blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifolia 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Alba Chinese ground orchidBletilla striata 'Alba'Zones 6 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alba Himalayan blue poppyMeconopsis baileyi 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Alba knapweedCentaurea montana 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Alba stokes’ asterStokesia laevis 'Alba'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Albostriata Chinese ground orchidBletilla striata 'Albostriata'Zones 5 to 9 · Part shade · 12 to 18"
- Album swamp lilyCrinum powellii 'Album'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Albus maiden pinkDianthus deltoides 'Albus'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 9"
- All Black new zealand flaxPhormium tenax 'All Black'Zones 8 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- American Goldfinch wild indigoBaptisia 'American Goldfinch'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Amethyst Dream knapweedCentaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Amore Pink dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Amore Pink'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Amore Rose dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Amore Rose'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Appar perennial flaxLinum perenne 'Appar'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Armtipp02 white turtleheadChelone 'Armtipp02'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Autumn Cascade heucherellaHeucherella 'Autumn Cascade'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Bacchanal dutchman's breechesDicentra 'Bacchanal'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Balroxleam common foxgloveDigitalis 'Balroxleam'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Balsalulow sneezeweedHelenium 'Balsalulow'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 15 to 18"
- Bandit bishop's hatEpimedium grandiflorum 'Bandit'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Bartram coral bellsHeuchera americana 'Bartram'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Big Bob Chinese ground orchidBletilla striata 'Big Bob'Zones 6 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blovi black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Blue Spritz Japanese irisIris ensata 'Blue Spritz'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Blueberry Sundae wild indigoBaptisia 'Blueberry Sundae'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Broad Street threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Broad Street'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Burgundy Seduction autumn sageSalvia greggii 'Burgundy Seduction'Zones 6 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Buttered Popcorn creeping buttercupRanunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Carol Johnson Japanese irisIris ensata 'Carol Johnson'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Chamaleon chameleonHouttuynia cordata 'Chamaleon'Zones 5 to 11 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cherries Jubilee wild indigoBaptisia 'Cherries Jubilee'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chocolate lemon mintMentha piperita 'Chocolate'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cloni Pon-Pon Hermione Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Cloni Pon-Pon Hermione'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Cloni Success Hanoi Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Cloni Success Hanoi'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Coho Japanese irisIris ensata 'Coho'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Crazy Cayenne threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Crazy Cayenne'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Creme Brulee threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Creme Brulee'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Curry Up threadleaf coreopsisAnacis verticillata 'Curry Up'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Dark Chocolate wild indigoBaptisia 'Dark Chocolate'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Dark Delight new zealand flaxPhormium 'Dark Delight'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Delano Red Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Delano Red'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 12"
- Delano White Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Delano White'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 12"
- Delano Yellow Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Delano Yellow'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 12"
- Discolor bishop's hatEpimedium versicolor 'Discolor'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Düsseldorfer Stolz thriftArmeria maritima 'Düsseldorfer Stolz'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Elegance Orange Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Elegance Orange'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Elegance Red Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Elegance Red'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Elegance White Persian buttercupRanunculus asiaticus 'Elegance White'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Excalibur adam's needleYucca filamentosa 'Excalibur'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 5 ft
- First Snow heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides 'First Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft