Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'High Roller'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- 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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Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Joker's Wild'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia 'Orange Blaze'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Red-veined dock
Rumex sanguineus var. Sanguineus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Red-veined dock
Rumex sanguineus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Redbud crabapple
Malus × zumi var. Calocarpa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Redflower false yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Redflower false yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora 'Coral Glow'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Reed canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea var. Picta 'Feesey'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Reed canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea var. Picta 'Picta'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Reed canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Reed grass
Calamagrostis brachytricha
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Reflexed sedge
Carex retroflexa
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Regal lily
Lilium regale
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Resurrection lily
Lycoris squamigera
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Reticulated iris
Iris reticulata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhodendron
Rhododendron 'Yaku Duchess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Azurro'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Pohjola's Daughter'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Solidarity'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'America'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Besse Howells'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Burma'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Firestorm'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Henry's Red'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Janet Blair'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Jericho'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Lodestar'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Mary Fleming'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Maxecat'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'P.J.M. Elite'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Scintillation'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Sun Chariot'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Ken Janeck'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Roseum Elegans'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Anna H. Hall'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Capistrano'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Helsinki University'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'English Roseum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Pink Dawn'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron (PJM Group)
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Mist Maiden'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Cherry Cheesecake'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron smirnowii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Ingrid Mehlquist'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Hawaii'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rhubarb
Rheum × hybridum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Riddell's goldenrod
Solidago riddellii
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
River birch
Betula nigra 'Cully' HERITAGE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
River birch
Betula nigra 'Little King' FOX VALLEY
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
River birch
Betula nigra 'BNMTF' DURA-HEAT
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
River birch
Betula nigra
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Robin's plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rock cinquefoil
Potentilla rupestris
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Robusta'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock cotoneaster
Cotoneaster atropurpureus 'Variegatus'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis var. Perpusillus
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock polypody
Polypodium virginianum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Rock rose
Helianthemum nummularium
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Rock rose
Helianthemum 'Henfield Brilliant'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Rock soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rockfoil
Saxifraga × arendsii
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rocky Mountain iris
Iris missouriensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rocky Mountain juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rodgersia
Rodgersia 'Big Mama'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rodgersia
Rodgersia pinnata
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rodgersia
Rodgersia podophylla
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rodgersia
Rodgersia aesculifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rodgersia
Rodgersia pinnata 'Bronze Peacock'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rodgersia
Rodgersia pinnata 'Chocolate Wing'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Romanesco broccoli / cauliflower
Brassica oleracea (Botrytis Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Roof iris
Iris tectorum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose
Rosa 'HORcogjil' AT LAST
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Rose campion
Lychnis coronaria 'Blych' GARDENERS' WORLD
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rose mallow
Hibiscus laevis
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rose mallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rose moss
Portulaca grandiflora
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Helene'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Minerva'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodone' LAVENDER CHIFFON
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodtwo' WHITE CHIFFON
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Lucy'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Antong Two' LIL' KIM
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Marina' BLUE SATIN
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Mineru' FIRST EDITIONS TAHITI
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Minspot' FIRST EDITIONS FIJI
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Minfren' FIRST EDITIONS BALI
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'Minsygrbl1' FIRST EDITIONS HAWAII
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'America Irene Scott' SUGAR TIP
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Rose peashrub
Caragana rosea
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rose spirea
Spiraea douglasii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rose verbena
Glandularia canadensis
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Rose-gold pussy willow
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Rosebay rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- 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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