Cultivated garlic
Allium sativum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
5
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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What grows in USDA Zone 5?
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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Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Apollo'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Temptation'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Culver's root
Veronicastrum sibiricum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cupid's dart
Catananche caerulea
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Currant
Ribes rubrum 'White Pearl'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cushion spurge
Euphorbia polychroma
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Cushion spurge
Euphorbia epithymoides 'Bonfire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Cusick's camass
Camassia cusickii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cutleaf toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'February Gold'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium during active growth, dry in summer dormancy
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Jack Snipe'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Jenny'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Jetfire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Little Princess'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Peeping Tom'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Tracey'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Straight Arrow'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Rapture'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Stony Brook'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Wings of Freedom'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Kaydee'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Elizabeth Ann'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Ara'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamineus daffodil
Narcissus 'Itzim'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cylindrical magnolia
Magnolia cylindrica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cypress spurge
Euphorbia cyparissias
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Daffodil
Narcissus (group)
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dahurian larch
Larix gmelinii
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dahurian larch
Larix gmelinii var. Principis-rupprechtii
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dahurian rhododendron
Rhododendron dauricum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daisy garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Cathy's Rust'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Daisy garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Niche's October Glow'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dalmatian iris
Iris pallida 'Dalmatica'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Not recorded
- Water
- Not recorded
Dalmatian iris
Iris pallida
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Damask rose
Rosa 'Omar Khayyam'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daphne
Daphne × burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daphne
Daphne × burkwoodii 'Somerset'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daphne
Daphne × burkwoodii 'Silveredge'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daphne
Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra' ETERNAL FRAGRANCE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dappled willow
Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
David's peach
Prunus davidiana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Raven' SHAW'S LEGACY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Siloam David Kirchhoff'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Siloam Grace Stamile'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Siloam June Bug'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Sister Clara'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Swirling Water'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Tetrina's Daughter'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Warrior Prince'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Zada Mae'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Fly Catcher'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Friend Jack'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Golden Calypso'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Green Flutter'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Hollywood'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Hyperion'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Ivory Dawn'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Jade Star'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'James Marsh'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Just a Bit'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Katie'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Lady Eva'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Lavender Stardust'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Little Baby Mine'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Little Business'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Little Fat Cat'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Marshmallow Cloud'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Mauna Loa'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Miss Amelia'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Miss Mary Mary'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Miss Tinkerbell'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Miss Victoria'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Mission Moonlight'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Northbrook Star'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Pawn of Prophecy'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Pink Goodie'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Pink Super Spider'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Pony'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Prairie Blue Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Prince of Venice'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Radiant Greetings'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Ribbons and Curls'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Secret Garden'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Adams Street'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Angelotti'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Apricot Honey'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- 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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The USDA hardiness zone is based on average annual minimum winter temperature. While it's an excellent starting point, also consider your local microclimate, soil conditions, rainfall patterns, and summer heat when selecting plants.