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.
- Flashing Koi Japanese irisIris ensata 'Flashing Koi'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Foxlight Rose Ivory common foxgloveDigitalis valinii 'Foxlight Rose Ivory'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Frohnleiten bishop's hatEpimedium perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Fun and Games Hopscotch heucherellaHeucherella 'Fun and Games Hopscotch'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- Furman autumn sageSalvia greggii 'Furman'Zones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Gardener's World catchflySilene coronaria 'Gardeners World'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Gin-ryu creeping liriopeLiriope spicata 'Gin-ryu'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Glow Sticks pineapple lilyEucomis comosa 'Glow Sticks'Zones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Gold Band lilyturfLiriope muscari 'Gold Band'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Grape Escape wild indigoBaptisia 'Grape Escape'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Grape Taffy wild indigoBaptisia 'Grape Taffy'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Hensol Violet blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifolia 'Hensol Violet'Zones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Heron’s Pirouette hardy begoniaBegonia grandis 'Herons Pirouette'Zones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Hollard's Gold bear's breechesAcanthus mollis 'Hollards Gold'Zones 7 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Honey Roasted wild indigoBaptisia 'Honey Roasted'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Indigo Spires wild indigoBaptisia 'Indigo Spires'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Ingwersen lilyturfLiriope muscari 'Ingwersen'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Ivory Towers wild indigoBaptisia 'Ivory Towers'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Joe Joe Red kangaroo pawAnigozanthos 'Joe Joe Red'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15"
- Kanaria sneezeweedHelenium 'Kanaria'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Karine oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Karine'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- King Kong leopard plantLigularia 'King Kong'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Kirigami Deep Blue & White Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Kirigami Deep Blue & White'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Kirigami Light Blue & White Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Kirigami Light Blue & White'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Kirigami Rose & Pink Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea 'Kirigami Rose & Pink'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Koji bishop's hatEpimedium grandiflorum 'Koji'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Kuchibeni Chinese ground orchidBletilla striata 'Kuchibeni'Zones 6 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Magic Opal Japanese irisIris ensata 'Magic Opal'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Marvelous Marble Silver coral bellsHeuchera americana 'Marvelous Marble Silver'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Mel stokes’ asterStokesia laevis 'Mel'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Midnight wild indigoBaptisia 'Midnight'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Mini Wine fire spinner ice plantDelosperma rogersii 'Mini Wine'Zones 7 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- Momo Botan American lotusNelumbo 'Momo Botan'Zones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Multiplex dropwortFilipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Musical Duet wild indigoBaptisia 'Musical Duet'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Nifty Thrifty thriftArmeria maritima 'Nifty Thrifty'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Okina lilyturfLiriope muscari 'Okina'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Omega Skyrocket stokes’ asterStokesia laevis 'Omega Skyrocket'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Orange Ice white stonecropSedum album 'Orange Ice'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Peach Melba stokes’ asterStokesia laevis 'Peach Melba'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Pekinensis Rubra sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera 'Pekinensis Rubra'Zones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 7 ft
- Perry sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera 'Perry'Zones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- Piccadilly stinking helleboreHelleborus foetidus 'Piccadilly'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 18"
- Pink Frost Japanese irisIris ensata 'Pink Frost'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Pleasant Earlybird Japanese irisIris ensata 'Pleasant Earlybird'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Pleniflorus bird’s foot trefoilLotus corniculatus 'Pleniflorus'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- Plum Rosy wild indigoBaptisia 'Plum Rosy'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Pontarlier stinking helleboreHelleborus foetidus 'Pontarlier'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 18"
- Purple Parasols stokes’ asterStokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Purpurlanz Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Purpurlanz'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Queen's Tiara Japanese irisIris ensata 'Queens Tiara'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Reuben pineapple lilyEucomis comosa 'Reuben'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Ring of Fire coral bellsHeuchera americana 'Ring of Fire'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Ripple Effect bergeniaBergenia 'Ripple Effect'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Rosy Dream ornamental onionAllium carolinianum 'Rosy Dream'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Semperflorens water forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides 'Semperflorens'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9"
- Shi-Ran Chinese ground orchidBletilla striata 'Shi-Ran'Zones 6 to 9 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Shiryukyo yellow flagIris pseudata 'Shiryukyo'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Sienna stinking helleboreHelleborus foetidus 'Sienna'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Silver Frost white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Frost'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"