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.
- bluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- culver’s rootVeronicastrum virginicumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- dense blazing starLiatris spicataZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- evening primroseOenothera biennisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- fireweedEpilobium angustifoliumZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- hardy geraniumGeranium pratenseZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lenten roseHelleborus hybridusZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- silver sageSalvia argenteaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- sweet williamDianthus barbatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Sarah Bernhardt peonyPaeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- bloodrootSanguinaria canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- jack in the pulpitArisaema triphyllumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- jerusalem artichokeHelianthus tuberosusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- lady slipperCypripedium kentuckienseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lady's mantleAlchemilla mollisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- ox-eye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- perennial candytuftIberis sempervirensZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- purple loosestrifeLythrum salicariaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- sweet woodruffGalium odoratumZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- toad lilyTricyrtis hirtaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- yellow irisIris pseudacorusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- blazing starLiatris ligulistylisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- false indigoBaptisia albaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- goldenrodSolidago virgaureaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 9"
- ice plantHylotelephium spectabileZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- maltese crossSilene chalcedonicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- meadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- sea hollyEryngium maritimumZones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- catmintNepeta govanianaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- blue mistflowerConoclinium coelestinumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- cardinal flowerLobelia cardinalisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- joe pye weedEutrochium purpureumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 5 to 7 ft
- knotweedPersicaria polymorphaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Mexican hatRatibida columniferaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- new england asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaeZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Siberian irisIris sibiricaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- sundropsOenothera fruticosaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wild bergamotMonarda fistulosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- anise hyssopAgastache foeniculumZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- blue flagIris versicolorZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- blue sageSalvia azureaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- common blue violetViola sororiaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 6 to 9"
- woolly yarrowAchillea tomentosaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 8"
- golden clubOrontium aquaticumZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- great blue lobeliaLobelia siphiliticaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- hummingbird's mintAgastache canaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- joe-pyeweedEutrochium fistulosumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- lanceleaf coreopsisCoreopsis lanceolataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- obedient plantPhysostegia virginianaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- pitcher plantSarracenia catesbaeiZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- spotted beebalmMonarda punctataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- tickseedCoreopsis roseaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wild geraniumGeranium maculatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- creeping thistleCirsium arvenseZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- goat’s beardTragopogon pratensisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun
- Buckeye Belle peonyPaeonia 'Buckeye Belle'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- June hostaHosta 'June'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 16"
- Magnus coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Magnus'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Patriot hostaHosta 'Patriot'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 22"