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.
- Pink Hawaiian Coral peonyPaeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Praying Hands hostaHosta 'Praying Hands'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 16"
- September Charm anemoneAnemone 'September Charm'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blue Mouse Ears hostaHosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 8"
- Coral Charm peonyPaeonia 'Coral Charm'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Purple Coneflower coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Purple Coneflower'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- green and goldChrysogonum virginianumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- lady's slipper orchidCypripedium macranthosZones 2 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- white snakerootAgeratina altissimaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Alaska violetViola langsdorffiiZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade
- catnipNepeta catariaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- clary sageSalvia sclareaZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- feverfewTanacetum partheniumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- gentianGentiana albaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- ironweedVernonia lettermanniiZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- lemon thymeThymus citriodorusZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- mountain mintPycnanthemum setosumZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- red-hot pokerKniphofia uvariaZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- wormwoodArtemisia absinthiumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- monkshoodAconitum napellusZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- spiderwortTradescantia longipesZones 4 to 9 · Part shade · 6 to 9"
- Festiva Maxima peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Festiva Maxima'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- First Frost hostaHosta 'First Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 15"
- Fragrant Bouquet hostaHosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 22"
- Guacamole hostaHosta 'Guacamole'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Liberty hostaHosta 'Liberty'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Rainbow's End hostaHosta 'Rainbows End'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 11"
- Stained Glass hostaHosta 'Stained Glass'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 15"
- Abiqua Drinking Gourd hostaHosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 22"
- Autumn Frost hostaHosta 'Autumn Frost'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Bartzella peonyPaeonia 'Bartzella'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cora Louise peonyPaeonia 'Cora Louise'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Coral Sunset peonyPaeonia 'Coral Sunset'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- David garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'David'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Golden Tiara hostaHosta 'Golden Tiara'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Halcyon hostaHosta 'Halcyon'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Red Charm peonyPaeonia 'Red Charm'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Wide Brim hostaHosta 'Wide Brim'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Munstead lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- hyssopDracocephalum seravschanicumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- little brown jugAsarum arifoliumZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4"
- burnetSanguisorba tenuifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- comfreySymphytum uplandicumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- giant hogweedHeracleum mantegazzianumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- ground cherryPhysalis pruinosaZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- lungwortPulmonaria longifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 18"
- mallowMalva alceaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- mugwortArtemisia vulgarisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- rhubarbRheum hybridumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- solomon's sealPolygonatum odoratumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- woodruffAsperula tinctoriaZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- avensGeum coccineumZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- cat mintNepeta racemosaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- lady of the snowsPulsatilla vernalisZones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- nepetaNepeta faasseniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- pincushion flowerLomelosia songaricaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 ft
- marsh mallowAlthaea officinalisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- scarlet pimpernelLysimachia arvensisZones 3 to 12 · Full sun
- winter aconiteEranthis hyemalisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Cheyenne Spirit echinaceaEchinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft