Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. Atropurpurea 'Gentry' ROYAL BURGUNDY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
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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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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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Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Pygruzam' PYGMY RUBY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Pygmaea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Banshosho'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii 'Mia Kujaku'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese black pine
Pinus thunbergii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese blood grass
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'Morris Midget'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. Japonica 'Winter Gem'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Nana'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese chestnut
Castanea crenata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese clethra
Clethra barbinervis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese clethra
Clethra barbinervis 'Takeda Nishiki' FIRST SNOW
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cobra lily
Arisaema kishidae 'Silver Pattern'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cobra lily
Arisaema sikokianum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese cornelian cherry
Cornus officinalis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese crabapple
Malus floribunda
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea Pendula'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pincushion'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Intermedia'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Tsukumo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Curly Tops'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Thread'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Kost Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Spangle'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese flowering cherry
Prunus 'Kanzan'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Stripe It Rich'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-kaze'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese grass sedge
Carex morrowii 'Goldband'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese grass sedge
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Japanese hemlock
Tsuga diversifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Drops of Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Hetzii'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Golden Gem'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'Shiro-fukurin'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Japanese hornbeam
Carpinus japonica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese hydrangea vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Albescens'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Picta'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Simplex'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi 'Diana'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi 'Stiff Weeping'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Higasayama'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Hogyoku'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Katsura'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Murasaki-hime'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Nuresagi'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Omurayama'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Red Select'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Satsuki-beni'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Sherwood Flame'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shindeshojo'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Shishio Improved'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Suminagashi'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Beni-kawa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Beni-tsukasa'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Germaine's Gyration'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Tamukeyama'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Tsuma-gaki'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Red Dragon'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Oshio-beni'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum var. Dissectum 'Filigree'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- 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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