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.
- Cantaloupe coneflowerEchinacea 'Cantaloupe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Coconut Surprise carnationDianthus 'Coconut Surprise'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Coral Reef carnationDianthus 'Coral Reef'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Cranberry Cocktail carnationDianthus 'Cranberry Cocktail'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Crazy Daisy shasta daisyLeucanthemum superbum 'Crazy Daisy'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Crimson Butterflies gauraOenothera lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Crystal Peak White obedient plantPhysostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Double Scoop Bubble Gum coneflowerEchinacea 'Double Scoop Bubble Gum'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Drummond's Pink moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Drummonds Pink'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Emerald Cushion Blue moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion Blue'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Fire Star carnationDianthus 'Fire Star'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Fort Hill moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Fort Hill'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Georgia Peach Pie carnationDianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Green coneflowerEchinacea 'Green'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Isla Gold tansyTanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Kitten Around nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Kitten Around'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15"
- Lavender Lady lavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Lavender Lady'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Lemon Sunset hartweg's sundropsOenothera 'Lemon Sunset'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Paint the Town Fuchsia carnationDianthus 'Paint the Town Fuchsia'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Peter Pan goldenrodSolidago 'Peter Pan'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Pippa's Purple lenten roseHelleborus 'Pippas Purple'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Purple Beauty moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Raspberry Mousse toad lilyTricyrtis 'Raspberry Mousse'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Raspberry Surprise carnationDianthus 'Raspberry Surprise'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Red Indian blanketGaillardia 'Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Rosemary lenten roseHelleborus 'Rosemary'Zones 5 to 9 · Part shade · 2 ft
- Scarlet Flame moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- So White gauraGaura 'So White'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Spintop Orange Halo Indian blanketGaillardia 'Spintop Orange Halo'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Spintop Red Starburst Indian blanketGaillardia 'Spintop Red Starburst'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Sugar Plum carnationDianthus 'Sugar Plum'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Sweetie Pie carnationDianthus 'Sweetie Pie'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Watermelon coneflowerEchinacea 'Watermelon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- White Delight moss phloxPhlox subulata 'White Delight'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Whitewater cut-leaf kittentailVeronica 'Whitewater'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Whoops-a-Daisy shasta daisyLeucanthemum superbum 'Whoops-a-Daisy'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Woodlander Lilac moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Woodlander Lilac'Zones 4 to 9 · Part shade
- Younique Lilac florist's spiraeaAstilbe 'Younique Lilac'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Fama White scabiosaScabiosa 'Fama White'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- alum rootHeuchera micranthaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- broadleaf lupineLupinus latifoliusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- cascade penstemonPenstemon serrulatusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Chinese wild gingerAsarum splendensZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- columbia lilyLilium columbianumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- common sneezeweedHelenium autumnaleZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- downy yellow violetViola pubescensZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 12"
- dragon rootArisaema dracontiumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- fernleaf biscuitrootLomatium dissectumZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- giant red Indian paintbrushCastilleja miniataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- golden columbineAquilegia chrysanthaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- great st. john's wortHypericum ascyronZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Japanese cobra lilyArisaema sikokianumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- menzies burnetSanguisorba menziesiiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie asterSolidago ptarmicoidesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- red birds in a treeScrophularia macranthaZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- rice button asterSymphyotrichum dumosumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Rocky mountain beardtonguePenstemon strictusZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- royal penstemonPenstemon speciosusZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- American blue vervainVerbena hastataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 6 ft
- American bonesetEupatorium perfoliatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft