Astilbe
Astilbe 'Darwin's Dream'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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
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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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Astilbe
Astilbe 'Alive and Kicking'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe 'Flamingo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe 'Delft Lace'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe 'Verscarmine' YOUNIQUE CARMINE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilbe
Astilbe × arendsii ASTARY PINK
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Astilboides
Astilboides tabularis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Austrian pine
Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Austrian pine
Pinus nigra subsp. Laricio 'Globosa Viridis'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Austrian pine
Pinus nigra
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum 'Violet Queen'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry
Autumn crocus
Colchicum 'Waterlily'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum byzantinum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum cilicicum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum tenorei
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum byzantinum 'Album'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum 'Disraeli'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum autumnale 'Pleniflorum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum (group)
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum autumnale
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn crocus
Colchicum laetum
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn fern
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn moor grass
Sesleria autumnalis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Autumn stonecrop
Sedum 'Mr. Goodbud'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Avens
Geum 'Mrs. J. Bradshaw'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum 'Cherry Cordial'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum coccineum 'Cooky'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum 'Fire Storm'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum coccineum
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum 'Totally Tangerine'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum 'Banana Daiquiri'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Avens
Geum 'Tngeupp' PRETTICOATS PEACH
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Ben Moseley'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Brown Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Carrie Amanda'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Clarice'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Coccinea Speciosa'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Fanny'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'George Hyatt'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Ginger'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'High Fashion'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Hilda Niblett'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Hoosier Peach'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Hoosier Rose'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Jolie Madame'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Kathleen'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Klondyke'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Margaret Hyatt'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Mary Poppins'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Norma'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Pleasant White'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Sandra Ann'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'St. Louis Blues'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Stewartstonian'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Susan Camille'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Viscosepala'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'White Cascade'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'White Lights'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Yaku Prince'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Northern Hi-Lights'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Lavender Girl'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Camilla's Blush'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Rosy Cheeks'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Mrs. Furnivall'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Anah Kruschke'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'Tri-Lights'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'QbackB' SOLAR FLARE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azalea
Rhododendron 'QbackA' SOLAR GLOW
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azure monkshood
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Azure monkshood
Aconitum carmichaelii var. Angustius
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Compacta Plena'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Perfekta'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Viette's Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Danfestar' FESTIVAL STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Baby's breath
Gypsophila aretioides
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum 'Pendens'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' SHAWNEE BRAVE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum 'Peve Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum var. Distichum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Hakone Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Misato Purple'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Komachi'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fairy Snow'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji White'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balloon flower
Platycodon grandiflorus POP STAR WHITE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea 'Jamy'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Barbara's buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Barberry
Berberis × mentorensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Barberry
Berberis replicata
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to 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.