Ferns for zone 5
These 102 ferns grow in USDA zone 5. Zone 5 winters reach -20 to -10°F (-29 to -23°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- upside down fernArachniodes standishiiZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- buckler fernDryopteris complexaZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- champion's wood fernDryopteris championiiZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lady fernAthyrium thelypterioidesZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mexican male fernDryopteris pseudofilix-masZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- shaggy wood fernDryopteris atrataZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- wood fernDryopteris laceraZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wood fernDryopteris remotaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum var. pictumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Silver Falls painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Silver Falls'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Purpurascens royal fernOsmunda regalis 'Purpurascens'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cristata royal fernOsmunda regalis 'Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Grandiceps Wills wood fernDryopteris 'Grandiceps Wills'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Lepidota Cristata wood fernDryopteris dilatata 'Lepidota Cristata'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Linearis Polydactyla wood fernDryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Crispa Whiteside wood fernDryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cristata wood fernDryopteris 'Cristata'Zones 2 to 7 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Branford Rambler lady fernAthyrium 'Branford Rambler'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Prolifica autumn fernDryopteris erythrosora 'Prolifica'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Silver Slippers lady fernAthyrium 'Silver Slippers'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Ocean lady fernAthyrium 'Ocean'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cristatum spleenwortAsplenium 'Cristatum'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Pewter Lace painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Pewter Lace'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Crispa Cristata male fernDryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Regal Red painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Regal Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Burgundy Lace painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Burgundy Lace'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Crested Surf painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Metallicum painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Metallicum'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Red Beauty painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Red Beauty'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Ursula painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Ursula'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Crispa Gracilis golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Cristata Angustata golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Cristata Angustata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Cristata golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Polydactyla Mapplebeck golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Mapplebeck'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-feminaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Lady in Red subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- western oakfernGymnocarpium dryopterisZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 16"
- goldie's shield fernDryopteris goldieanaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Dre subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina 'Dre'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Frizelliae subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- clinton's wood fernDryopteris clintonianaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- lowland fragile fernCystopteris protrusaZones 2 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 18"