Barren strawberry
Waldsteinia fragarioides
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- 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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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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Barren strawberry
Waldsteinia geoides
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Barrenwort
Epimedium × perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Basil
Ocimum × citriodorum 'Pesto Perpetuo'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Basket of gold
Aurinia saxatilis 'Gold Dust'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Basket-of-gold
Aurinia saxatilis
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica 'Morton'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bean tree
Laburnum × watereri 'Vossii'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bean tree
Laburnum × watereri
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bear's breeches
Acanthus hungaricus
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bear's breeches
Acanthus spinosus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bearberry cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bearded penstemon
Penstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bearded penstemon
Penstemon barbatus subsp. Coccineus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bearded penstemon
Penstemon barbatus 'Jingle Bells'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Prairie Fire'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Dark Towers'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Red Rocks'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Sweet Joanne'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Prairie Twilight'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon 'Midnight Masquerade'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Blackbeard'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearls'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beauty bush
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco' DREAM CATCHER
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Beauty bush
Kolkwitzia amabilis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica 'Heavy Berry'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma f. Albifructa 'Duet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa cathayana
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma f. Albifructa
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Shiji Murasaki' WINE SPRITZER
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beautybush
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bee balm
Monarda 'Blaustrumpf' BLUE STOCKING
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda 'Mahogany'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda 'Croftway Pink'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'T & M Superb Mixed'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Pink Lace'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Pardon My Purple'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Pardon My Pink'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda 'Grape Gumball'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda 'Mojo'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Balbalmose' BALMY ROSE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Pink Frosting'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Pardon My Lavender'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bee bee tree
Tetradium daniellii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bee's primrose
Primula beesiana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Beech fern
Phegopteris connectilis
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Beech fern
Phegopteris decursive-pinnata
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Beet
Beta vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Beet
Beta vulgaris (Garden Beet Group) 'Bull's Blood'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula takesimana 'Elizabeth'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula 'Kent Belle'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula 'Sarastro'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula 'Summertime Blues'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula bononiensis
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula latifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bellflower
Campanula kemulariae
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bergenia
Bergenia 'Abendglocken'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bethlehem sage
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Janet Fisk'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bethlehem sage
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bethlehem sage
Pulmonaria 'Spilled Milk'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Betony
Stachys officinalis (dwarf form)
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Betony
Stachys spathulata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Pink Cotton Candy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Betony
Stachys 'Summer Romance'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Big betony
Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Big betony
Stachys macrantha
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii 'Red October'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Big-leaved rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Cynthia'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Big-leaved rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Dark Sister'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bighead knapweed
Centaurea macrocephala
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pia'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to high
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mariesii Perfecta' BLUE WAVE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mousmee'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Tokyo Delight'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmer' ENDLESS SUMMER
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Homigo'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Penny Mac'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Fasan' PHEASANT
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mowe'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Shamrock'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla (group)
- USDA zones
- 5–11
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sonmarie' PINK SHIRA
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lynn' LET'S DANCE STARLIGHT
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Robert' LET'S DANCE MOONLIGHT
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mini Penny'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- 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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