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.
- Rudbeckia triloba brown-eyed susanRudbeckia triloba 'Rudbeckia triloba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Solar Eclipse heucherellaHeucherella 'Solar Eclipse'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Spring Fling bergeniaBergenia 'Spring Fling'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Beacon Silver spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 8"
- Beauty of Livermere oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Glow globe thistleEchinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Bonfire cushion spurgeEuphorbia epithymoides 'Bonfire'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12"
- Dakota Burgundy beardtonguePenstemon digitalis 'Dakota Burgundy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Freckle Face blackberry lilyIris domestica 'Freckle Face'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Lady in Black calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Lady in Black'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Little Lanterns eastern columbineAquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Mardi Gras sneezeweedHelenium 'Mardi Gras'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Montrose White calamintClinopodium nepeta 'Montrose White'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Queen Alexandra oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Queen Alexandra'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Raydon's Favorite aromatic asterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydons Favorite'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Royal Wedding oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Royal Wedding'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Purple Dragon spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Purple Dragon'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- alpine lady's mantleAlchemilla alpinaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 8"
- American bur-reedSparganium americanumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- American water-willowDianthera americanaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Appalachian barren strawberryWaldsteinia fragarioidesZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- aspen fleabaneErigeron speciosusZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- beetleweedGalax urceolataZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12"
- bishop's capMitella diphyllaZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- brown's peonyPaeonia browniiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 16"
- bush's poppy mallowCallirhoe bushiiZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Carolina lupineThermopsis villosaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Carolina sea lavenderLimonium carolinianumZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Colorado four o'clockMirabilis multifloraZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- daylilyHemerocallis lilioasphodelusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- desert beardtonguePenstemon pseudospectabilisZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- dimpled trout lilyErythronium umbilicatumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4 to 10"
- false bonesetBrickellia eupatorioidesZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- giant helleborineEpipactis giganteaZones 5 to 10 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- grand mesa beardtonguePenstemon mensarumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- grass pinkCalopogon tuberosusZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- greater purple fringed orchidPlatanthera grandifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- hairy false goldenasterHeterotheca villosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Japanese burnetSanguisorba obtusaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lanceleaf blanketflowerGaillardia aestivalisZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- lobed tickseedCoreopsis auriculataZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- long spurred violetViola rostrataZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 10"
- meehan's mintMeehania cordataZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- miniature cattailTypha minimaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- mountain monardellaMonardella odoratissimaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- munro's globemallowSphaeralcea munroanaZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- nettleleaf giant hyssopAgastache urticifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 6 ft
- nightcapsAnemone quinquefoliaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6"
- orange fringed orchidPlatanthera ciliarisZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- orange sneezeweedHymenoxys hoopesiiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pale evening primroseOenothera pallidaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- parasol whitetopDoellingeria umbellataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- prairie bluebellsMertensia lanceolataZones 3 to 6 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie flaxLinum lewisiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- prairie spiderwortTradescantia occidentalisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- purple bergamotMonarda mediaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pygmy water lilyNymphaea tetragonaZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 6"
- riddell's goldenrodSolidago riddelliiZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- rose pogoniaPogonia ophioglossoidesZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- sawtooth sunflowerHelianthus grosseserratusZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 10 ft