Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Green Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to 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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Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sir Lancelot'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Doubledecker'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Lucky Star'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook' ELTON KNIGHT
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Mistral'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Virgin'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Mama Mia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Little Annie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Piccolino'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea 'Balscblum' DOUBLE SCOOP BUBBLE GUM
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Butterfly Kisses'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple giant hyssop
Agastache rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple meadow parsnip
Thaspium trifoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. Arundinacea 'Skyracer'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. Caerulea 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple prairie clover
Dalea purpurea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Purple rocket
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple willow
Salix purpurea 'Nana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple-flowering raspberry
Rubus odoratus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple-fruited chokeberry
Aronia × prunifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purple-headed sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Purple-leaf sand cherry
Prunus × cistena
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Purple-net toadflax
Linaria reticulata
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Purslane
Portulaca oleracea subsp. Sativa
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Puschkinia
Puschkinia scilloides var. Libanotica
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Pussy willow
Salix discolor
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pussy willow
Salix caprea
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Queen of the prairie
Filipendula rubra
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Quince
Cydonia oblonga
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Quinoa
Chenopodium quinoa
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Radish
Raphanus sativus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Ragged robin
Silene flos-cuculi 'Petite Jenny'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rampion
Campanula rapunculus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rampion bellflower
Campanula rapunculoides
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rapeseed
Brassica napus (Oleifera Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Taylor'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Improved Titan'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Aureus'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Fallgold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus 'Bristol'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus 'Munger'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus biflorus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Double Gold'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rat tail radish
Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium 'Prairie Moon'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Red buckeye
Aesculus pavia
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Hillspire'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Hetzii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana 'Taylor'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red cedar
Juniperus virginiana
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Rovada'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red currant
Ribes rubrum 'Champagne Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red fescue
Festuca rubra 'Pennlawn'
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red horse chestnut
Aesculus × carnea 'Briotii'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red horse chestnut
Aesculus × carnea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red horse chestnut
Aesculus × carnea 'Marginata'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Northwood'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Franksred' RED SUNSET
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum 'Brandywine'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red maple
Acer rubrum
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red mulberry
Morus rubra
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red mulberry
Morus rubra 'Super Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red oak
Quercus rubra
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red pine
Pinus resinosa
- USDA zones
- 2–5
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Heritage'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Allemans'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Baileyi'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Hedgerows Gold'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Farrow' ARCTIC FIRE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'KLM RR' ERIKA THE BLONDE
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Neil Z' PUCKER UP
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Red valerian
Centranthus ruber var. Coccineus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red valerian
Centranthus ruber
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Bressingham Comet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Primrose Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Shining Sceptre'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia hirsuta 'Fire Dance'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Border Ballet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia uvaria
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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