Penstemon
Penstemon POLARIS PURPLE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to 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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Peony
Paeonia 'Coral 'n Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Buttercup'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Charles Burgess'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Karl Rosenfield'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Mischief'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Prairie Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Top Brass'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Do Tell'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Alley Cat'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Angel Cheeks'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Cheddar Charm'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Falcon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Green Lotus'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Kinda Cute'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Marshmallow Button'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Raspberry Rumba'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Red Charm'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Waltz'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'America'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia tenuifolia 'Flore-Plena'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Scarlett O'Hara'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Zhu Sha Pan' CINNABAR RED
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Smith Opus 1' MISAKA
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Pink Double Dandy' KEIKO
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Smith Opus 2' TAKARA
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia tenuifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Border Charm'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Madame Calot'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Honey Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peony
Paeonia 'Cora Louise'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Peppermint spider lily
Lycoris incarnata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Perennial cornflower
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Perennial flax
Linum perenne
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Perennial pea
Lathyrus latifolius
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Persian ironwood
Parrotia persica
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Persian ironwood
Parrotia persica 'JLColumnar' PERSIAN SPIRE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Persian lilac
Syringa × persica
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Persian lily
Fritillaria persica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Persian violet
Cyclamen hederifolium
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana 'Meader'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Petrorhagia
Petrorhagia saxifraga
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Phlox
Phlox 'Green Spring'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Phlox
Phlox × arendsii 'Ping Pong'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Phlox
Phlox subulata 'Millstream Daphne'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Phlox
Phlox drummondii
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Phlox
Phlox 'PHL090201' PAPARAZZI JAGGER
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pickerel weed
Pontederia cordata
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Pigsqueak
Bergenia cordifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pigsqueak
Bergenia cordifolia 'Winterglut' WINTER GLOW
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pigsqueak
Bergenia 'Eden's Magic Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pigsqueak
Bergenia 'Herbstblute' AUTUMN GLORY
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pigsqueak
Bergenia crassifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pigsqueak
Bergenia cordifolia 'Miss Piggy'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pin oak
Quercus palustris 'Pringreen' GREEN PILLAR
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pin oak
Quercus palustris
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa caucasica (Perfecta Series)
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa 'Pink Mist'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa caucasica 'Fama'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa 'Vivid Violet'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa caucasica
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pincushion flower
Scabiosa columbaria 'Balflutturite' FLUTTER PURE WHITE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Pine-leaved penstemon
Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea Yellow'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Pineberry
Fragaria WONDERFUL PINEBERRY
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pinellia
Pinellia 'Polly Spout'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pinellia
Pinellia pedatisecta
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Prairie Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Horatio'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Painted Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus plumarius 'Itsaul White'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Ipswich Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Rosish One'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Devon Xera' FIRE STAR
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Kahori'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Pomegranate Kiss'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Wicked Witch'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Coconut Punch'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Black Cherry Wild'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Rubin'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus × allwoodii 'Frosty Fire'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Wp10 Sab06' EARLY BIRD CHILI
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus DIAMOND SCARLET IMPROVED
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'WP05 Yves' SCENT FIRST COCONUT SURPRISE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus barbatus 'PAS905052' SWEET BLACK CHERRY
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Paint The Town Fancy'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink
Dianthus 'Paint The Town Red'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Pink muhlygrass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
- USDA zones
- 5–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pink turtlehead
Chelone 'Armtipp02' TINY TORTUGA
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pinxterbloom azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pitcher plant
Sarracenia 'Red Bug'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Plains coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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