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.
- showy goldeneyeHeliomeris multifloraZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 4 ft
- silky phaceliaPhacelia sericeaZones 5 to 10 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- silvery lupineLupinus argenteusZones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- slender bush cloverLespedeza virginicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- spreading phloxPhlox diffusaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 6"
- stemmy four-nerve daisyTetraneuris scaposaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- stiff sunflowerHelianthus pauciflorusZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- swamp thistleCirsium muticumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 7 ft
- tall bluebellsMertensia paniculataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall cinquefoilDrymocallis argutaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- tall coneflowerRudbeckia grandifloraZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 5 ft
- tall thistleCirsium altissimumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 7 ft
- tufted evening primroseOenothera cespitosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 12"
- umbrella leafPodophyllum grayiZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Virginia meadow beautyRhexia virginicaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- water horsetailEquisetum fluviatileZones 4 to 11 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- western coneflowerRudbeckia occidentalisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- western vervainVerbena lasiostachysZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- white fringed orchidPlatanthera blephariglottisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 0 to 4 ft
- white goldenrodSolidago bicolorZones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- white panicle asterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- wild hollyhockIliamna rivularisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- wild sennaSenna hebecarpaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- wood lilyLilium philadelphicumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- woollypod milkweedAsclepias eriocarpaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- yellow pimpernelTaenidia integerrimaZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- yellow water lilyNymphaea mexicanaZones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- alum rootHeuchera richardsoniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- American ipecacGillenia stipulataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- bear's breechesAcanthus hungaricusZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- bear's breechesAcanthus spinosusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- bog goldenrodSolidago uliginosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- british yellowheadInula japonicaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- bush cloverLespedeza capitataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Canadian lousewortPedicularis canadensisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Canadian waterweedElodea canadensisZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Carolina fanwortCabomba carolinianaZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 6 ft
- Carolina larkspurDelphinium carolinianumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- cinquefoilPotentilla albaZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 9"
- common dittanyCunila origanoidesZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- cranesbillGeranium wlassovianumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- drummond asterSymphyotrichum drummondiiZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- eastern waterleafHydrophyllum virginianumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- sanguine purple coneflowerEchinacea sanguineaZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- elmleaf goldenrodSolidago ulmifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- eryngoEryngium alpinumZones 2 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- fairy bellsDisporum cantonienseZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 5 ft
- forked asterEurybia furcataZones 4 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- globe flowerTrollius europaeusZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- goldenrodSolidago strictaZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- hollyhockAlcea rugosaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 9 ft
- knotweedPersicaria virginianaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- leopard plantLigularia przewalskiiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- licorice bedstrawGalium circaezansZones 4 to 8 · Part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- limestone calamintClinopodium arkansanumZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- lobeliaLobelia speciosaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- marsh pennywortHydrocotyle umbellataZones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8"
- meadow rueThalictrum aquilegiifoliumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- meadow rueThalictrum dasycarpumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- northern water plantainAlisma trivialeZones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft