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.
- siskiyou lewisiaLewisia cotyledonZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- white mugwortArtemisia lactifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- yellow meadow rueThalictrum flavumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Mainacht sageSalvia sylvestris 'Mainacht'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Coral ‘n Gold peonyPaeonia 'Coral n Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Illini Warrior peonyPaeonia 'Illini Warrior'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Merry Mayshine peonyPaeonia 'Merry Mayshine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Walter Mains peonyPaeonia 'Walter Mains'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Becky Towe garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Becky Towe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Cheddar Charm peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Cheddar Charm'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Eva Cullum garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Faust delphiniumDelphinium elatum 'Faust'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Florentina irisIris 'Florentina'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Franz Schubert garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Grandchild arctic daisyChrysanthemum 'Grandchild'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Gypsy Romance irisIris 'Gypsy Romance'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Hello Darkness irisIris 'Hello Darkness'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Königin Charlotte anemoneAnemone 'Königin Charlotte'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Lakeside Little Tuft hostaHosta 'Lakeside Little Tuft'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Midnight Sun peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Midnight Sun'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Minnie Shaylor peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Minnie Shaylor'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rozella peonyPaeonia 'Rozella'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Ruby Mound arctic daisyChrysanthemum 'Ruby Mound'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Ruffled Velvet irisIris 'Ruffled Velvet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Silver Edge irisIris 'Silver Edge'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Summer Music hostaHosta 'Summer Music'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Beauty of Cobham spotted beebalmMonarda 'Beauty of Cobham'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Timeless Glow coral bellsHeuchera 'Timeless Glow'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Escarboucle dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Escarboucle'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Hermine dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Hermine'Zones 4 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Laydekeri Fulgens dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Laydekeri Fulgens'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Mrs Richmond dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Mrs Richmond'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Venus coral bellsHeuchera 'Venus'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Blue Glitter eryngiumEryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Husker Red beardtonguePenstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Royal Purple lilyturfLiriope muscari 'Royal Purple'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Sunny Border Blue spiked speedwellVeronica spicata 'Sunny Border Blue'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Superba Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Superba'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Superba clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerata 'Superba'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Tapestry heucherellaHeucherella 'Tapestry'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Variegata water irisIris laevigata 'Variegata'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Bressingham White bergeniaBergenia 'Bressingham White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Firewitch cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Lime Green desert tobaccoNicotiana 'Lime Green'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Amethyst astilbeAstilbe rosea 'Amethyst'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Anna's Red lenten roseHelleborus 'Annas Red'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Blue Cushion lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Blue Cushion'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 16 to 20"
- Butterscotch amsoniaAmsonia hubrichtii 'Butterscotch'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Fire Dance red-hot pokerKniphofia hirsuta 'Fire Dance'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 18 to 21"
- Hidcote Pink lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Pink'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Ice Ballet swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Lucerne blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Mammoth Red Clover red cloverTrifolium pratense 'Mammoth Red Clover'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Penny's Pink lenten roseHelleborus 'Pennys Pink'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Purple Passion asparagusAsparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Rosea lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Rosyjane gauraOenothera lindheimeri 'Rosyjane'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Royal Velvet lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Royal Velvet'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sombrero Adobe Orange coneflowerEchinacea 'Sombrero Adobe Orange'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Sombrero Baja Burgundy coneflowerEchinacea 'Sombrero Baja Burgundy'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft