Bluebell
Campanula rotundifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- 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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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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Blueberry
Vaccinium 'Pink Lemonade'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blueberry
Vaccinium 'Northblue'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Blunt mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blunt-lobed woodsia
Woodsia obtusa subsp. Obtusa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bog bean
Menyanthes trifoliata
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Bog spurge
Euphorbia palustris
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Borage
Borago officinalis
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Border bearded iris
Iris 'Rielle'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Border carnation
Dianthus 'Pixie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Arnold Giant'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Beatrix Farrand'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Sunrise'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Courdijau' GOLDEN PEEP
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Flojor' MINIGOLD
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Mindor' SHOW OFF
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Variety'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Kolgold' MAGICAL GOLD
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border privet
Ligustrum obtusifolium
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bosnian pine
Pinus heldreichii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Boston ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Lowii'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Boston ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Boston ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Fenway Park'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Boston ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bottle gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora var. Serotina
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora var. Serotina 'Rogers'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bottlebrush grass
Elymus hystrix
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bourbon rose
Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bowles' golden sedge
Carex elata 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Boxelder
Acer negundo 'Flamingo'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Boxelder
Acer negundo
- USDA zones
- 2–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Flora Place'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Joy'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Mary Gamble'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Natchez'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Nish'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Pullman'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Vardar Valley'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Gem'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Velvet'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Treska Gorge'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Appalachian Pyramid'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Mountain'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Paramus'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Saint Genevieve'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Mound'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Furore' JADE PILLAR
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Silver Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Chloe'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxwood
Buxus 'Cranberry Creek'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Brass buttons
Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Braun's holly fern
Polystichum braunii
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Brewer's-cap
Mitella diphylla
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea prunifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bristle-leaved sedge
Carex eburnea
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bristly locust
Robinia hispida
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
British yellowhead
Inula britannica
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Broad buckler fern
Dryopteris dilatata
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Broad leaf goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Broad-leaved linden
Tilia platyphyllos
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Broad-leaved marsh orchid
Dactylorhiza majalis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Broad-leaved thyme
Thymus pulegioides 'Foxley'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Broadleaf cattail
Typha latifolia
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Brome-like sedge
Carex bromoides
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Buckeye
Aesculus × woerlitzensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Buckler fern
Dryopteris × complexa 'Robust'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Buckler fern
Dryopteris × complexa 'Rumpelstiltskin'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Buckler fern
Dryopteris × complexa
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Buffalo currant
Ribes aureum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Buffalo grass
Buchloe dactyloides 'Sharp's Improved'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Buffalo grass
Buchloe dactyloides 'Cody'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bugbane
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'James Compton'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea matsumurae 'White Pearl'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Hillside Black Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Black Negligee'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea dahurica
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugbane
Actaea simplex
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Purple Brocade'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'
- USDA zones
- 3–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Valfredda' CHOCOLATE CHIP
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Purple Torch'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Mahogany'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Binblasca' BLACK SCALLOP
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Toffee Chip'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga 'Sparkler'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Dixie Chip'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bulbocodium daffodil
Narcissus triandrus
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
- USDA zones
- 2–6
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bunchflower
Melanthium virginicum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bur oak
Quercus macrocarpa
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- 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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