Stonecrop
Sedum forsterianum 'Oracle'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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Stonecrop
Sedum acre 'Oktoberfest'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum aizoon
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum rupestre
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Dazzleberry'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Lime Zinger'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium 'Pure Joy'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephium subsp. Ruprechtii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Thundercloud'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Firecracker'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Lime Twister'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Soft Cloud'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Pillow Talk'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium telephium 'Cherry Truffle'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum pallidum var. Bithynicum 'Sea Stars'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Peace and Joy'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium 'Maestro'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Rock Star'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum rupestre 'Making Progress'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Cutting Edge'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Phedimus ellacombianus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Stonecrop
Sedum telephium 'Dark Magic'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Strawberry
Fragaria 'Cavendish'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Strawberry
Fragaria 'Dunlap'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Strawberry
Fragaria 'Frel' PINK PANDA
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Strawberry
Fragaria 'Allstar'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Strawberry
Fragaria 'Earliglo'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Strawberry foxglove
Digitalis × mertonensis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Striped cream violet
Viola striata
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Striped squill
Puschkinia scilloides
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Stylophorum
Stylophorum lasiocarpum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum 'Goldspire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum 'Newton Sentry'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum 'Sweet Shadow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum 'Bailsta' FALL FIESTA
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sulphur flower
Eriogonum umbellatum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Summer grape
Vitis aestivalis 'Norton'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Summer snowflake
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Summer snowflake
Leucojum aestivum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Summer squash
Cucurbita pepo
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa 'Fyrverkeri'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa subsp. Glauca
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa 'Summer Solstice'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus 'Sungold'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sunflower
Helianthus 'Capenoch Star'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sunflower
Helianthus SUNFINITY YELLOW DARK CENTER
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sunflower
Helianthus 'Sunshine Daydream'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Swamp aster
Symphyotrichum puniceum
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp chestnut oak
Quercus michauxii
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp dogwood
Cornus amomum subsp. Obliqua
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp loosestrife
Decodon verticillatus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Swamp magnolia
Magnolia virginiana var. Australis
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swamp rose
Rosa palustris
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Swamp white oak
Quercus bicolor
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Swan River daisy
Brachyscome (group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet alyssum
Lobularia maritima 'Snow Crystals'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sweet alyssum
Lobularia maritima
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sweet autumn virginsbower
Clematis terniflora
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet azalea
Rhododendron arborescens
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet bay magnolia
Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' MOONGLOW
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet bay magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet breath of spring
Lonicera fragrantissima
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Sweet briar rose
Rosa rubiginosa
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet cicely
Osmorhiza longistylis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet cicely
Myrrhis odorata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet fern
Comptonia peregrina
- USDA zones
- 2–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet flag
Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet flag
Acorus calamus
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Hapdell' HAPPIDAZE
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Pink Spire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Rosea'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia SHERRY SUE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Caleb' VANILLA SPICE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Crystalina'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Batsto Blush'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Sotite' WHITE DOVE
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet white violet
Viola blanda
- USDA zones
- 2–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus 'Sooty'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Sweet William
Dianthus 'Stagirond' RONDO
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to 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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