Perennials for zone 5
These 11,417 perennials 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.
- blue cohoshCaulophyllum thalictroidesZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- blue poppyMeconopsis betonicifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- bluetsHoustonia caeruleaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- bottle gentianGentiana clausaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- canada lilyLilium canadenseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadenseZones 3 to 6 · Part to full shade · 10"
- Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coeruleaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- common duckweedLemna minorZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3"
- cow parsnipHeracleum maximumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8 ft
- dragon's mouthArethusa bulbosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 16"
- electric blue spider lilyLycoris sprengeriZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- engelmann daisyEngelmannia peristeniaZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- false lily of the valleyMaianthemum dilatatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 18"
- field thistleCirsium discolorZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 6 ft
- flowering spurgeEuphorbia corollataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- fringed loosestrifeLysimachia ciliataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden alexandersZizia aureaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden groundselPackera obovataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- golden ragwortPackera aureaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- hairy beardtonguePenstemon hirsutusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- illinois bundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensisZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Japanese irisIris ensataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- late bonesetEupatorium serotinumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Pacific trilliumTrillium ovatumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- partridge berryMitchella repensZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3"
- purple mountain saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 2"
- purple prairie cloverDalea purpureaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- queen cupClintonia unifloraZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 10"
- red valerianCentranthus ruberZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- resurrection lilyLycoris squamigeraZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- rock harlequinCapnoides sempervirensZones 2 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- rose sageSalvia pachyphyllaZones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 10"
- seaside daisyErigeron glaucusZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- seaside goldenrodSolidago sempervirensZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 8 ft
- sego lilyCalochortus nuttalliiZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- showy tick trefoilDesmodium canadenseZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- snowdrop anemoneAnemone sylvestrisZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- spotted wintergreenChimaphila maculataZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- spring beautyClaytonia virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- squirrel cornDicentra canadensisZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- sticky purple geraniumGeranium viscosissimumZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- sundial lupineLupinus perennisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- swamp asterSymphyotrichum puniceumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 7 ft
- tall goldenrodSolidago altissimaZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 6 ft
- twinflowerLinnaea borealisZones 2 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- water celeryVallisneria americanaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6 ft
- water irisIris laevigataZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- white prairie cloverDalea candidaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- wingstemVerbesina alternifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- woodland sunflowerHelianthus strumosusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- American germanderTeucrium canadenseZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- American ginsengPanax quinquefoliusZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- American pokeweedPhytolacca americanaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 10 ft
- apple mintMentha suaveolensZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- black helleboreHelleborus nigerZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- blackberry lilyIris domesticaZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- bugbaneActaea podocarpaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 7 ft
- bullrushTypha laxmanniiZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft