Ornamental grasses for zone 5
These 400 ornamental grasses 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.
- Karl Foerster feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- maiden grassMiscanthus sinensisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 9 ft
- blue fescueFestuca glaucaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macraZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- sedgeCarex pensylvanicaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- big bluestemAndropogon gerardiZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- blue gramaBouteloua gracilisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Indian grassSorghastrum nutansZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- switchgrassPanicum virgatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- buffalo grassBouteloua dactyloidesZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 12"
- Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- little bluestemSchizachyrium scopariumZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutifloraZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- tall fescueLolium arundinaceumZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- miscanthusMiscanthus oligostachyusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Aureola Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Aureola'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Northwind switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Northwind'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Standing Ovation little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Evergold sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Evergold'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- reed grassCalamagrostis arundinaceaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- foxtail barleyHordeum jubatumZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Blonde Ambition blue gramaBouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Hameln fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Hameln'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Shenandoah switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Red Head fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Red Head'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- sedgeCarex plantagineaZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- autumn moor grassSesleria autumnalisZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- umbrella bambooFargesia murielaeZones 5 to 9 · Part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- All Gold Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'All Gold'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Heavy Metal switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- northern sea oatsChasmanthium latifoliumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- canada wild ryeElymus canadensisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- eastern gamagrassTripsacum dactyloidesZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- purple lovegrassEragrostis spectabilisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- tussock sedgeCarex strictaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- umbrella bambooFargesia robustaZones 5 to 8 · Part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- Blackhawks big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Blackhawks'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Elijah Blue blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Little Bunny fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 18"
- American beach grassCalamagrostis breviligulataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Appalachian sedgeCarex appalachicaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- blue wild ryeElymus glaucusZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 5 ft
- idaho fescueFestuca idahoensisZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie junegrassKoeleria macranthaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- red fescueFestuca rubraZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- saltmeadow cordgrassSporobolus eatonianusZones 4 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- smooth cordgrassSporobolus alterniflorusZones 5 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- fox sedgeCarex vulpinoideaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- rushJuncus tenuisZones 2 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- sweet flagAcorus calamusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Virginia wildryeElymus virginicusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Ice Dance Japanese grass sedgeCarex morrowii 'Ice Dance'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 15"
- Karley Rose oriental fountain grassCenchrus orientalis 'Karley Rose'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Purpurascens miscanthusMiscanthus 'Purpurascens'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Kentucky 31 tall fescueLolium arundinaceum 'Kentucky 31'Zones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- porcupinegrassHesperostipa sparteaZones 3 to 6 · Full sun · 2 ft
- poverty oatgrassDanthonia spicataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- purpletop tridensTridens flavusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- water sedgeCarex aquatilisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 ft