Plains prickly pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
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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Plumbago
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Plume grass
Saccharum ravennae
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Plume poppy
Macleaya cordata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Poeticus daffodil
Narcissus 'Actaea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Poeticus daffodil
Narcissus 'Milan'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pollia
Pollia japonica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Polyanthus
Primula (polyanthus type)
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Pond cypress
Taxodium distichum var. Imbricarium
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pond cypress
Taxodium distichum var. Imbricarium 'Nutans'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Poppy
Meconopsis 'Lingholm'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Poppy
Papaver bracteatum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Poppy
Papaver alpinum
- USDA zones
- 4–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Poppy
Papaver oreophilum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Porcelain vine
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. Maximowiczii 'Elegans'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Portland rose
Rosa 'Rose de Rescht'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Possumhaw
Ilex decidua 'Council Fire'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Possumhaw
Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Possumhaw viburnum
Viburnum nudum 'Bulk' BRANDYWINE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Post oak
Quercus stellata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Prague viburnum
Viburnum 'Pragense'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prairie aster
Solidago ptarmicoides
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie aster
Symphyotrichum turbinellum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie blazing star
Liatris pycnostachya
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Prairie bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie camas
Camassia angusta
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prairie cord grass
Spartina pectinata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie everlasting
Antennaria neglecta
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie mallow
Sidalcea 'Party Girl'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Prairie milkweed
Asclepias hirtella
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Prairie onion
Allium stellatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie phlox
Phlox pilosa
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie rose
Rosa setigera
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Prairie sedge
Carex bicknellii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prairie smoke
Geum triflorum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prairie wake robin
Trillium recurvatum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Prickly comfrey
Symphytum asperum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prickly poppy
Argemone polyanthemos
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prickly-pear
Opuntia humifusa
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Prickly-pear
Opuntia compressa
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Prickly-pear
Opuntia aurea 'Coombe's Winter Glow'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Primrose
Primula × bulleesiana
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Primrose
Primula 'Alejandra'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Primrose
Primula vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Primrose
Primula vulgaris 'Kerbelcob' BELARINA COBALT BLUE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Primula
Primula vialii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Princess tree
Paulownia tomentosa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Privet
Ligustrum × ibolium
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Proso millet
Panicum miliaceum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Prostrate speedwell
Veronica prostrata 'Trehane'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prostrate speedwell
Veronica prostrata 'Buttercup'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Prostrate speedwell
Veronica prostrata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pruhonicensis hybrid primula
Primula 'Wanda'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Psephellus
Psephellus pulcherrimus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria longifolia subsp. Cevennensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple beech
Fagus sylvatica (Atropurpurea Group)
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'White Lustre'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Cygnet White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Finale White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Mop Head'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'The King'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' RUBY STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Little Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Leuchtstern' BRIGHT STAR
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Lilliput'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Primadonna Deep Rose'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Raspberry Tart'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Hope'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Fatal Attraction'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Giant'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Avalanche'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Meringue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Red Knee High'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Amado'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Norwhinat' WHITE NATALIE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow White'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- 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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