Japanese zelkova
Zelkova serrata 'Village Green'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- 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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Japanese zelkova
Zelkova serrata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Japanese zelkova
Zelkova serrata 'Goblin'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Java-bean
Senna obtusifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jeffrey's pine
Pinus jeffreyi
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Jet bead
Rhodotypos scandens
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium purpureum 'Little Red'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium purpureum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium dubium 'Baby Joe'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum 'Gateway'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum 'Riesenschirm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe Pye weed
Eutrochium 'Phantom'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Joe-pyeweed
Eutrochium fistulosum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Punchline'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Stratosphere'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Chit Chat'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Fruit Cup'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Pipit'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Quail'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Sun Disc'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Sundial'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Pink Angel'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Dainty Miss'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Jonquilla daffodil
Narcissus 'Intrigue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Joseph's coat
Amaranthus tricolor (vegetable group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Jostaberry
Ribes × nidigrolaria
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Judd viburnum
Viburnum × juddii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Junebearing strawberry
Fragaria 'Surecrop'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Junebearing strawberry
Fragaria × ananassa 'Honeoye'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juneberry
Amelanchier lamarckii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Saybrook Gold'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Daub's Frosted'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Kallay's Compact'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Gold Coast'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Armstrongii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Juniper
Juniperus chinensis var. Sargentii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) 'Redbor'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kalimeris
Kalimeris yomena 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kalimeris
Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kalimeris
Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kalimeris
Kalimeris pinnatifida 'Hortensis'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kalm's St. John's wort
Hypericum kalmianum 'Ames'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kalm's St. John's wort
Hypericum kalmianum
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kankakee mallow
Iliamna remota
- USDA zones
- 5–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Katsura tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Rotfuchs' RED FOX
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Katsura tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendulum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Katsura tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kaufmanniana tulip
Tulipa 'Ancilla'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kenilworth ivy
Cymbalaria muralis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis (group)
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kentucky coffee tree
Gymnocladus dioicus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kirengeshoma
Kirengeshoma koreana
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Knapweed
Centaurea dealbata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Knautia
Knautia macedonica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Knautia
Knautia macedonica 'Mars Midget'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Knotweed
Persicaria polymorpha
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
Knotweed
Persicaria 'Painter's Palette'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Knotweed
Persicaria virginiana (Variegata Group)
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Knotweed
Persicaria virginiana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kobus magnolia
Magnolia 'Legacy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kobus magnolia
Magnolia kobus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kordesii rose
Rosa 'Champlain'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kordesii rose
Rosa DORTMUND
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Kordesii rose
Rosa 'William Baffin'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Korean arborvitae
Thuja koraiensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean azalea
Rhododendron yedoense var. Poukhanense
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean boxwood
Buxus sinica var. Insularis
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean boxwood
Buxus sinica var. Insularis 'Wintergreen'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean fir
Abies koreana 'Silberlocke'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean fir
Abies koreana
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean maple
Acer pseudosieboldianum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean pine
Pinus koraiensis
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Korean rhododendron
Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Cama'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Korean rhododendron
Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Deep Pink'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum × carlcephalum 'Cayuga'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'Diana'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'SMVCB' SPICE BABY
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Fireworks'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Satomi'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa var. Chinensis 'Madison' CROWN JEWEL
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Weaver's Weeping'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Peve Limbo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Snow Tower'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Kudzu vine
Pueraria montana var. Lobata
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Labrador violet
Viola labradorica
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lace shrub
Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Lacebark pine
Pinus bungeana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ladies' tobacco
Antennaria parlinii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina 'Fancy Fronds'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina 'Veroniae Cristatum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- 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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