Cardinal climber
Ipomoea × multifida
- USDA zones
- 3–11
- 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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Cardinal climber
Ipomoea × sloteri
- USDA zones
- 3–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cardinal flower
Lobelia 'Cotton Candy'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Carnation
Dianthus 'Laced Romeo'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Bewitched'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Brilliant Star'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Spangled Star'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Dad's Favourite'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Valda Louise' ROSIE CHEEKS
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus 'Supra Purple'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carnation
Dianthus superbus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carolina allspice
Calycanthus floridus 'Athens'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina allspice
Calycanthus 'Venus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina allspice
Calycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina allspice
Calycanthus floridus
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina lupine
Thermopsis villosa
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Carolina moonseed
Cocculus carolinus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina pink
Spigelia marilandica
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina rose
Rosa carolina
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Carolina silverbell
Halesia carolina
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carrot
Daucus carota var. Sativus
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Castor aralia
Kalopanax septemlobus
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cat mint
Nepeta racemosa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Catawba rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Boursault'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Catawba rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Grandiflorum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Catawba rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Roseum Superbum'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Catawba rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Album'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Catchfly
Lychnis × arkwrightii 'Orange Zwerg' ORANGE DWARF
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catchfly
Lychnis coronaria
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catchfly
Lychnis fulgens
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Catchfly
Viscaria vulgaris
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catmint
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catmint
Nepeta 'Longipes'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catmint
Nepeta × faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catmint
Nepeta × faassenii 'Kitten Around'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catmint
Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Catnip
Nepeta cataria
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian fir
Abies nordmanniana 'Brandt'
- USDA zones
- 4–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Caucasian fir
Abies nordmanniana
- USDA zones
- 4–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Caucasian fir
Abies nordmanniana subsp. Equitrojani
- USDA zones
- 4–6
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Caucasian linden
Tilia × euchlora
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Album Superbum'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Schorbuser Blut' DRAGON'S BLOOD
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'John Creech'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Red Carpet'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Caucasian wingnut
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cedar of Lebanon
Cedrus libani 'Sargentii'
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cedar of Lebanon
Cedrus libanitica subsp. Stenocoma
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Celeriac
Apium graveolens var. Rapaceum 'Diamant'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus hirsutus
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Champion's wood fern
Dryopteris championii
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus 'Mountain Mist'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Grandiflorus'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus 'Feuerhexe' FIREWITCH
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus 'First Love'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cheddar pink
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera 'Newport'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera 'Krauter Vesuvius'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chestnut oak
Quercus montana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Chickasaw plum
Prunus angustifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
China aster
Callistephus chinensis
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Darwin's Surprise'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Finale'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis var. Pumila
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis var. Taquetii 'Superba'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Purpurkerze' PURPLE CANDLE
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Red'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Diamonds and Pearls'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis 'Love and Pride'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese astilbe
Astilbe chinensis var. Davidii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese cabbage
Brassica rapa (Pekinensis Group)
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese catalpa
Catalpa ovata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Chinese chestnut
Castanea mollissima
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chinese cork oak
Quercus variabilis
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Chinese dogwood
Cornus kousa var. Chinensis 'Milky Way'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese dogwood
Cornus kousa var. Chinensis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia 'Dynasty'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia 'Seiju'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer II' ALLEE
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe tree
Chionanthus retusus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese ground orchid
Bletilla striata 'Albostriata'
- 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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