Foam flower
Tiarella 'Black Velvet'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- 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
Zone 5 quick answer
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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Foam flower
Tiarella 'Sugar and Spice'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Foam flower
Tiarella 'Tntia041' STARGAZER MERCURY
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Foam flower
Tiarella 'Pacific Crest'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Foam flower
Tiarella 'Sunset Ridge'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Foam flower
Tiarella cordifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides 'Semperflorens'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Formosan lily
Lilium formosanum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Arnold Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Courtasol' GOLD TIDE
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Happy Centennial'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Fiesta'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Gold Leaf'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Little Renee'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Minfor6' SHOW OFF STARLET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fortunearia
Fortunearia sinensis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fothergilla
Fothergilla × intermedia 'Blue Shadow'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fothergilla
Fothergilla × intermedia 'Klmsixteen' MAY BOUQUET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Honey'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Weserbergland'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum orientale 'Tall Tails'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian's Choice'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Piglet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Rocket'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Burgundy Bunny'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides HUSH PUPPY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fourleaf milkweed
Asclepias quadrifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fox grape
Vitis labrusca 'Niagara'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Foxtail bog clubmoss
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Foxtail lily
Eremurus himalaicus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant epaulette tree
Pterostyrax hispidus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant snowbell
Styrax obassia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Franklin tree
Franklinia alatamaha
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fraser fir
Abies fraseri
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Frazier fir
Abies fraseri 'Kline's Nest'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' AUTUMN BLAZE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Marmo'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Scarsen' SCARLET SENTINEL
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fremont's leather flower
Clematis fremontii
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
French marigold
Tagetes patula
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Strawberry Blonde'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
French tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fringe cup
Tellima grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fringed pink
Dianthus superbus 'Crimsonia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fringed poppy mallow
Callirhoe digitata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fringed sedge
Carex crinita
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fringeleaf tickseed
Coreopsis integrifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fritillary
Fritillaria michailovskyi
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fritillary
Fritillaria raddeana
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Frost grass
Spodiopogon sibiricus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Full moon maple
Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Full moon maple
Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Full moon maple
Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Full moon maple
Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Full moon maple
Acer japonicum 'O-isami'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Full moon maple
Acer japonicum
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fumewort
Corydalis solida
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Furin-tsutsuji
Enkianthus campanulatus
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra 'Candidissima'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra 'Codsall Pink'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden angelica
Angelica archangelica
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Garden balsam
Impatiens balsamina
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden heliotrope
Valeriana officinalis
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum morifolium 'Bedazzled Bronze'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Matchsticks'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden pea
Pisum sativum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Robert Poore'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Shortwood'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata f. Alba
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Crush'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Holland'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Laura'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Glory'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Glow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Red Riding Hood'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Barten' LILAC FLAME
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Katherine'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Barfourteen' PURPLE FLAME
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Bartwelve' PINK FLAME
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Little Boy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Little Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Kelly'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Universe'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Empty Feelings'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Düsterlohe' NICKY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David's Lavender'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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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