Acaena
Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
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USDA Hardiness Zone 5
-20 to -10°F • Cool winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 5a, 5b|Ideal for: cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers|5441 total plants
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Plants rated for Zone 5 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the -20 to -10°F range. This collection contains 5441 matching plant profiles, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
African marigold
Tagetes erecta
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ajania
Ajania pacifica 'Pink Ice'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ajania
Ajania pacifica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alabama snow wreath
Neviusia alabamensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alcock's spruce
Picea alcoquiana 'Howell's Tigertail'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alcock's spruce
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alder
Alnus × mayrii
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Alder
Alnus maximowiczii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Ron Williams'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Asplenifolia'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Columnaris'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder-leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Allegheny brookfoam
Boykinia aconitifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Allegheny monkey flower
Mimulus ringens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Allegheny serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Allegheny spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Alpine aster
Aster alpinus
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alpine currant
Ribes alpinum 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alpine currant
Ribes alpinum
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alpine skullcap
Scutellaria alpina
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alps yarrow
Achillea distans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Alternate-leaved butterfly bush
Buddleja alternifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alum root
Heuchera richardsonii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Dark Green'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Dorsett Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Not recorded
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Ericoides'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Lutea'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Frost'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Techny'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Tiny Tim'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Yellow Ribbon'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Little Gem'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis (Aurea Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Sudwelli'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Gold Drop'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Wansdyke Silver'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Wareana Lutescens'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Danica'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Skinner Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Klmeighteen' PATRIOT
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Art Boe' NORTH POLE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Hoseri'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Bobozam' MR. BOWLING BALL
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis 'Filip's Magic Moment'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American aspen
Populus tremuloides
- USDA zones
- 1–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American barrenwort
Vancouveria hexandra
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American beakgrain
Diarrhena americana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American blue vervain
Verbena hastata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum 'Milk and Cookies'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. Americanum
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American elder
Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American elderberry
Sambucus canadensis 'Laciniata'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Princeton'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Jefferson'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American feverfew
Parthenium hispidum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American germander
Teucrium canadense
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American hazelnut
Corylus americana
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Canary'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Chief Paduke'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Delia Bradley'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Greenleaf'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Jersey Knight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Mae'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Mamie Eisenhower'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Maryland Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'McDonald'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Miss Helen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Steward's Silver Crown'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Mac's Prince'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Clarendon'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'W. M. Hawkins'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'William Hawkins'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American ipecac
Gillenia stipulata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana 'Redmond'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 5 experiences winter minimum temperatures between-20 to -10°F. This collection includes 5441 plants specifically suited for Zone 5 conditions, including cold-hardy perennials, evergreens, conifers.
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