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.
- arisaemaArisaema thunbergiiZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bearded penstemonPenstemon barbatusZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- beardtonguePenstemon canescensZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- blue starAmsonia ciliataZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Chinese rhubarbRheum palmatumZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- coastal plain joe pye weedEutrochium dubiumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- common bistortBistorta officinalisZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- crane's-billGeranium subcaulescensZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- dew flowerPenstemon cobaeaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- downy phloxPhlox pilosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- eastern pasqueflowerPulsatilla patensZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 12"
- false indigoBaptisia bracteataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- false rue anemoneEnemion biternatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- garden speedwellVeronica longifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- golden asterChrysopsis marianaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- greater masterwortAstrantia majorZones 4 to 7 · Part shade · 3 ft
- large beardtonguePenstemon grandiflorusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- large-leaved asterEurybia macrophyllaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- largeflower tickseedCoreopsis grandifloraZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- missouri coneflowerRudbeckia missouriensisZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- narrow-leaf coneflowerEchinacea angustifoliaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- narrow-leaved cattailTypha angustifoliaZones 2 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- october daphneHylotelephium sieboldiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- pale beardtonguePenstemon pallidusZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie ironweedVernonia fasciculataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- purple-headed sneezeweedHelenium flexuosumZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- robin's plantainErigeron pulchellusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- sand phloxPhlox bifidaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- shellflowerChelone obliquaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- slender blazing starLiatris cylindraceaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 2 ft
- smooth phloxPhlox glaberrimaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- smooth solomon's sealPolygonatum biflorumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- southern blue flagIris virginicaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- starry campionSilene stellataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- striped cream violetViola striataZones 5 to 7 · Part shade · 9 to 12"
- sulphur-flower buckwheatEriogonum umbellatumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- sweet coneflowerRudbeckia subtomentosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- sweet goldenrodSolidago odoraZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- sweet white violetViola blandaZones 2 to 7 · Part shade · 3 to 6"
- three-leaved stonecropSedum ternatumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6"
- tickseedAnacis palmataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- water arumCalla palustrisZones 2 to 6 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- western ironweedVernonia baldwiniiZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- white bergamotMonarda clinopodiaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- white evening primroseOenothera speciosaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wild sweetwilliamPhlox maculataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- windflowerAnemonastrum canadenseZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wrinkleleaf goldenrodSolidago rugosaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- zigzag irisIris brevicaulisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- rodgersiaRodgersia aesculifoliaZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- spear thistleCirsium vulgareZones 3 to 8 · Full sun
- Brilliant Star carnationDianthus 'Brilliant Star'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Leilani coneflowerEchinacea 'Leilani'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Orion crane's-billGeranium 'Orion'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Pixie Star carnationDianthus 'Pixie Star'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Royal Standard red-hot pokerKniphofia 'Royal Standard'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Secret Affair coneflowerEchinacea 'Secret Affair'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Summerwine yarrowAchillea 'Summerwine'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- All American Chief daylilyHemerocallis 'All American Chief'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- August Frost daylilyHemerocallis 'August Frost'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft