Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium 'Northcountry'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
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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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Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium 'Duke'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Darrow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Aurora'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Northland'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'ZF06-179' BRAZELBERRIES JELLY BEAN
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'ZF06-079' PINK ICING
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Himalayan birch
Betula utilis var. Jacquemontii
- USDA zones
- 5–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Himalayan birch
Betula utilis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Himalayan pine
Pinus wallichiana
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Hage'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdon'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Coralliformis'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Heavy Texture'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lynn's Golden'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Torulosa Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lycopodioides'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Golden Fastigiata'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Golden Whorl'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Spiralis'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hoary vervain
Verbena stricta
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Holly
Ilex 'Mesdob' CHINA BOY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex 'Mesog' CHINA GIRL
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex 'Rock Garden'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex opaca 'Waysides Christmas Tree'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex 'Centennial Girl'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex × meserveae 'Heckenstar' CASTLE WALL
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex × meserveae 'Hachfee' CASTLE SPIRE
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly
Ilex ciliospinosa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Holly-leaved barberry
Berberis aquifolium
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea 'Nigra'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea (single)
- USDA zones
- 2–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hollyhock
Alcea rugosa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hollywood juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos f. Inermis 'Skycole' SKYLINE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Magadan' BLUE FOREST
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Kiev #8' BLUE VELVET
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeyberry
Lonicera kamtschatica
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Blue Moon'
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeysuckle
Lonicera × heckrottii 'Gold Flame'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeysuckle
Lonicera × italica 'Sherlite' HARLEQUIN
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Honeysuckle
Lonicera flava
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hop hornbeam
Ostrya carpinifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hop tree
Ptelea trifoliata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Hornbeam
Carpinus cordata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hornbeam maple
Acer carpinifolium
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Horse balm
Collinsonia canadensis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Horse chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Horse chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Guacamole'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Hadspen Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Hadspen Hawk'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Haku Chu Han'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Halcyon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Harmony'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Honeybells'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Jade Cascade'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'June'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'King Tut'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Krossa Regal'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Leather Sheen'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Lemon Lime'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Little Aurora'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Piedmont Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Pizzazz'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Purple Lady Finger'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Raspberry Sorbet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Royal Standard'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Ruffles'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Abby'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'August Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to dappled shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Aztec Treasure'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Betcher's Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Big Daddy'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Birchwood Parky's Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Black Hills'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Blonde Elf'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Blue Blush'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Blue Danube'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Mammoth'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Blue Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Blue Wedgwood'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Brim Cup'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Chartreuse Wiggles'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Daybreak'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Dorset Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Elvis Lives'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Emerald Tiara'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Fortunei Albomarginata'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Hosta
Hosta 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full 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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